Green Village is an

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and

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(CDP) within Harding and Chatham townships in

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,103. It is located just north of the

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and is named after

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, former president of

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. In the ''

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'' magazine 2006 ranking of the ''Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States'', Green Village was ranked as the 282nd most expensive in the country, with its median home sale price in 2005 of $777,465. As of 2021, the median home value within Green Village was $1,069,200.

History

The village was founded in the 18th century and named for founding father

. One of the earliest houses in the village is that of

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, constructed in 1760 by one of

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's generals, William Alexander. The village center was largely created in 1800 by local farmer John Cockrem and his family, which ran a wagon-building company in town, and his son Philip built the local Methodist church and original post office. A new post office would be built during the

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presidency.

Geography

Green Village is in southern Morris County, mostly in the western part of Chatham Township, but extending into the eastern part of Harding Township. It is bordered to the northeast by the borough of Madison and to the west by unincorporated New Vernon. Morristown, the

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, is to the north. The village is drained by Great Brook and its tributary

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, which flow southwest into the

and thence to the

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. According to the

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, the Green Village CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 4.13%, are water. Green Village has its own

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and

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, as well as a plant nursery known as The Farm at Green Village, a deli, a

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church, and a gas station. Additionally, a number of residents maintain farms and sell produce (including pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelons), eggs, and firewood. Green Village principally consists of three streets, namely Green Village Road, which runs east to Madison and west to New Vernon; and Meyersville Road and Britten Road, which each run south to the Great Swamp. The eastern end of Woodland Road is within the Green Village CDP and ZIP Code area, while the remainder is within New Vernon.

Demographics

Green Village was first listed as a

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in the 2020 U.S. Census. As of 2020, the area had a population of 1,103.

Education

Students attend schools in either Harding Township or Chatham, depending on which side of Green Village they live in.

References

{{Morris County, New Jersey Chatham Township, New Jersey Harding Township, New Jersey Census-designated places in Morris County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Morris County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey