Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey Explained

Official Name:Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Passaic County#USA New Jersey Sussex County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Label:Upper Greenwood Lake
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Passaic County##Location in Sussex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:41.1833°N -74.38°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Passaic, Sussex
Subdivision Type3:Townships
Subdivision Name3:West Milford
Vernon
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:3.16
Area Land Sq Mi:2.74
Area Water Sq Mi:0.42
Area Total Km2:8.19
Area Land Km2:7.09
Area Water Km2:1.09
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:519.72
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Ft:1110
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:07421 (Hewitt)
Area Code:973/862
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806211
Population Total:3687
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Density Sq Mi:1346.11

Upper Greenwood Lake is a census-designated place (CDP)[3] in Passaic and Sussex counties, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It includes residential neighborhoods around the northern and central parts of its namesake lake. It is primarily in West Milford Township in Passaic County but extends to the northwest into Vernon Township in Sussex County. It is bordered to the west by Wawayanda State Park, to the southeast by Abram S. Hewitt State Forest, and to the northeast by the town of Warwick in Orange County, New York.

The lake drains to the northeast into Long House Creek, which descends into New York and joins Wawayanda Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Pochuck Creek, which in turn runs north to the Wallkill River, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Hudson.

The Upper Greenwood Lake community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Education

The respective school districts are West Milford Township Public Schools for sections in West Milford Township, Passaic County;[4] and Vernon Township School District for sections in Vernon Township, Sussex County.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  2. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  3. https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_2020_nj.html State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020
  4. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Passaic County, NJ. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-06-29.
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sussex County, NJ. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-06-29.