Landing is a small settlement and

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located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County,

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, United States. The community is located on the south shore of

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near

Hopatcong State Park Hopatcong State Park is a state park in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey. Operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the park consists of two parcels of land: one that encompasses Lake Hopatcong ...

. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 07850. As of the

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, the population for

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07850 was 6,436. From the 1880s through the 1940s, it was a popular summer resort area, but by the 1970s it had evolved into a suburban community.

History

Landing was established as a popular and important resort community. Each summer, it attracted thousands of people to the shores of

. After

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, it began to decline and transform itself into a large suburban neighborhood. In 2017, measures were passed to give the neighborhood a facelift, the plans including several new, modern buildings, parks and signs. The improvements are expected to be complete in late 2022.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Landing include: *

Dylan Castanheira Dylan Castanheira (born May 23, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Youth and college Raised in the Landing section of Roxbury, New Jersey, Castanheira played prep soccer at Roxbury High School, leaving after hi ...

(born 1995), soccer player who plays as a

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for

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* Karen Ann Quinlan (1954-1985), an important figure in the history of the

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"Karen Ann Quinlan, 31, Dies; Focus Of '76 Right To Die Case"
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'', June 12, 1985. Accessed August 22, 2017. "Four weeks after her birth, the Quinlans took out adoption papers and took her home to their two-story gray-and-white colonial-style house at 510 Ryerson Road in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, just above Lake Hopatcong in Morris County."

References

External links

Landing, New Jersey Community Website
{{Morris County, New Jersey Roxbury Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Morris County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey

History

Notable people

See also

References

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