Rockaway Township Form of Government Incorporated in 1844

Rockaway Township

Form of Government Incorporated in 1844 Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) System Mayor – elected for four-year term Nine (9) Member Council –elected for four-year terms of office. • Six (6) Wards and Three (3) at large-members • 11 th Congressional District (Rodney Frelinghuysen) • 2010 census • • – 24, 156 people – 8, 983 households

Rockaway Township • Located in Morris County • 45. 546 square miles • Lakes, rivers, mountains, wildlife, hiking trails including Farny State Park, Wildcat Ridge WMA, Mount Hope Historical Park and Splitrock Reservoir. • National Register of Historic Places – – Split Rock Furnace, a Civil War era iron one furnace intact and – Ford-Faesch Manor House, a 1768 stone mansion that figured prominently during the Revolutionary War. • • • Lake Telemark White Meadow Lake Hibernia Green Pond Splitrock Reservoir

Education • Elementary Schools (K-5) – Birchwood – Catherine A. Dwyer – Dennis B. O’Brien – Katherine D. Malone – Stony Brook • Copeland Middle School (6 -8 th) • Regional High Schools – Morris Knolls High School (Denville) – Morris Hills High School

Transportation • New Jersey Transit Bus Service • Lakeland Bus Lines • Senior Transportation (Dial-a-Ride)

Fire Departments • • • Hibernia Company #1 Mount Hope Company #2 Marcella Company #3 Birchwood Company #4 White Meadow Lake Company #5 • Independent- Green Pond

Township Website www. rockawaytownship. org

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