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Stanhope is a
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located in the southernmost portion of Sussex County, in the
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of
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. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,526, a decrease of 84 (−2.3%) from the 2010 census count of 3,610, which in turn reflected an increase of 26 (+0.7%) from the 3,584 counted in the 2000 census. Stanhope was formed by an act of the
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on March 24, 1904, from portions of Byram Township.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 232. Accessed May 30, 2024.


Geography

According to the
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, the borough had a total area of 2.09 square miles (5.42 km2), including 1.84 square miles (4.76 km2) of land and 0.26 square miles (0.66 km2) of water (12.25%). Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Lake Musconetcong. Stanhope borders the municipalities of Byram Township and Hopatcong in Sussex County; and Mount Olive Township, Netcong and Roxbury in Morris County.


Demographics


2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 3,610 people, 1,396 households, and 958 families in the borough. The
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was 1,966.3 per square mile (759.2/km2). There were 1,472 housing units at an average density of 801.8 per square mile (309.6/km2). The racial makeup was 91.36% (3,298)
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, 1.58% (57) Black or African American, 0.08% (3) Native American, 2.33% (84) Asian, 0.00% (0)
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, 2.63% (95) from other races, and 2.02% (73) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.50% (307) of the population. Of the 1,396 households, 31.7% had children under the age of 18; 53.2% were married couples living together; 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.4% were non-families. Of all households, 25.1% were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.11. 22.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.4 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010
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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)
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was $78,625 (with a margin of error of +/− $10,138) and the median family income was $94,545 (+/− $11,809). Males had a median income of $51,974 (+/− $7,042) versus $47,241 (+/− $3,337) for females. The
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for the borough was $35,934 (+/− $4,607). About 0.9% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the
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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.


2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 3,584 people, 1,384 households, and 978 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 1,419 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 93.55%
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, 1.34%
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, 0.06% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.08%
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, 1.40% from other races, and 2.04% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 4.05% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Stanhope borough, New Jersey
,
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. Accessed September 16, 2012.
DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Stanhope borough, Sussex County, New Jersey
,
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. Accessed September 16, 2012.
There were 1,384 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were
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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.10. In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $63,059, and the median income for a family was $73,203. Males had a median income of $49,861 versus $36,545 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the borough was $27,535. About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the
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, including 0.7% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.


Government


Local government

Stanhope is governed under the
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form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected
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on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 110.
The borough form of government used by Stanhope is a " weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can
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ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. , the
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of Stanhope is Republican Gene Wronko, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the Borough Council are Council President William Thornton (R, 2024), Diana M. Kuncken (R, 2025), Anthony J. Riccardi ( D, 2026), Thomas J. Romano (R, 2026), Tyler Simpson (R, 2024; appointed to serve an unexpired term) and Scott Wachterhauser (R, 2025; elected to serve an unexpired term).Mayor and Council
Stanhope Borough. Accessed May 24, 2024.
Summary Results Report Official Results November 7 2023 General Election
Sussex County, New Jersey, November 22, 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.
Sussex County, New Jersey General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results Summary Report
Sussex County, New Jersey, dated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.
Summary Results Report November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results
Sussex County, New Jersey, updated November 22, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.
Tyler Simpson was appointed in January 2024 to serve the rest of the seat expiring in December 2024 that became vacant when Gene Wronko took office as mayor earlier that month. In April 2023, Scott Wachterhauser was appointed to fill the seat expiring in April 2023 vacated following the resignation Michael Vance. Wachterhauser served on an interim basis until November 2023, when he was elected to serve the remainder of the term. Michael Vance was chosen in June 2021 to fill the seat that had been held by Raymond Cipollini that expired in December 2022. In the November 2021 general election, Vance was elected to serve the remainder of the term of office. In January 2020, the borough council selected Gene Wronko from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to serve to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that was vacated by Patricia Zdichocki when she took office as mayor. Wronko serves on an interim basis until the November 2020 general election. In January 2018, the borough council selected Anthony Riccardi from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Michael A. Depew until he left office because of health issues. Riccardi served on an interim basis until the November 2018 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.Sussex County, New Jersey General Election November 6, 2018, Official Results Summary Report
Sussex County, New Jersey, dated November 9, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019.


Federal, state, and county representation

Stanhope is located in the 7th Congressional District2022 Redistricting Plan
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, December 8, 2022.
and is part of New Jersey's 24th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
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. Accessed February 1, 2020.
''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey
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. Accessed October 30, 2019.


Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,403 registered voters in Stanhope, of which 486 (20.2% vs. 16.5% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 754 (31.4% vs. 39.3%) were registered as Republicans and 1,159 (48.2% vs. 44.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as
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or Greens.Voter Registration Summary - Sussex
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Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed February 25, 2013.
Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 66.6% (vs. 65.8% in Sussex County) were registered to vote, including 86.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 86.5% countywide). In the 2004 presidential election, Republican
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received 1,017 votes (59.4% vs. 63.9% countywide), ahead of Democrat
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with 665 votes (38.8% vs. 34.4%) and other candidates with 25 votes (1.5% vs. 1.3%), among the 1,712 ballots cast by the borough's 2,200 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.8% (vs. 77.7% in the whole county). In the 2008 presidential election, Republican
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received 995 votes (53.4% vs. 59.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat
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with 821 votes (44.1% vs. 38.7%) and other candidates with 30 votes (1.6% vs. 1.5%), among the 1,863 ballots cast by the borough's 2,384 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.1% (vs. 76.9% in Sussex County). In the 2012 presidential election, Republican
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received 843 votes (52.2% vs. 59.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat
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with 738 votes (45.7% vs. 38.2%) and other candidates with 29 votes (1.8% vs. 2.1%), among the 1,614 ballots cast by the borough's 2,458 registered voters, for a turnout of 65.7% (vs. 68.3% in Sussex County). In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald J. Trump received 1,036 votes (56.1% vs. 62.9% countywide), ahead of Democrat
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with 743 votes (40.2% vs. 32.7% countywide) and other candidates with 67 votes (3.6% vs. 4.4%), among the 1,884 ballots cast by the borough's 2,529 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.4% (vs. 72.7% in Sussex County). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 716 votes (59.6% vs. 63.3% countywide), ahead of Democrat
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with 354 votes (29.5% vs. 25.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 105 votes (8.7% vs. 9.1%) and other candidates with 22 votes (1.8% vs. 1.3%), among the 1,201 ballots cast by the borough's 2,360 registered voters, yielding a 50.9% turnout (vs. 52.3% in the county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican
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received 69.8% of the vote (711 votes), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 26.2% (267 votes), and other candidates with 3.9% (40 votes), among the 1,029 ballots cast by the borough's 2,475 registered voters (11 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.6%. In the 2017 gubernatorial election, Republican
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received 55% of the vote (555 votes), ahead of Democrat
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with 40% (404 votes), and other candidates with 4.8 (49 votes), among the 1,019 ballots cast by the borough's 2,508 registered voters, yielding a 41% turnout (matching 41% in the county).


Education

The Stanhope Public Schools serve students in
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through eighth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 292 students and 30.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
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of 9.7:1.District information for Stanhope School District
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. Accessed December 1, 2022.
For
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through
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s, the borough shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which serves public school students from Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County communities of Byram Township and Stanhope. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 657 students and 54.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
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of 12.1:1. Students from the borough had attended Netcong High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created. Seats on the high school district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the populations of the constituent municipalities, with two seats assigned to Stanhope.


Transportation


Roads and highways

, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Sussex County and by the
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. Route 183 is the main access road that serves the borough. U.S. Route 206 also passes through in the western section and is partially a limited access road (the "Netcong Bypass") which connects to
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in neighboring Mount Olive. Stanhope is noted for its highway oddity. Upon the completion of
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(), Old U.S. Route 206 through Stanhope was renamed Route 183. A section of Interstate 80 now acts as a traffic bypass around Stanhope.


Public transportation

Lakeland Bus Lines provides service operating along Interstate 80 between
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in
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.


Points of interest

Since 1949, the Patriots' Path Council of the
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operate two camps at the Mt. Allamuchy Scout Reservation in Stanhope. Camp Somers is a year-round overnight camp for Boy Scouts aged 12 to 17. Camp Wheeler is a day camp for younger Cub Scouts. The Plaster Mill was part of an iron works along the
Morris Canal The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a toll road, common carrier Anthracite, anthracite coal canal across North Jersey, northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its weste ...
, which ran through the borough. It was added to the
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in 1977. With Across the
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in Netcong, the nearby Stanhope United Methodist Church, also known as the Church in the Glen, was added to the NRHP in 2013 for its significance in architecture. File:Stanhope, NJ - Morris Canal section.jpg, Section of the
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by Lock 1 West and
Lake Musconetcong Lake Musconetcong is a reservoir located on the border of Morris County and Sussex County, New Jersey, and is part of Hopatcong State Park, which is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The Musconetcong River f ...
File:Plaster Mill, Stanhope, NJ - looking north.jpg, Plaster Mill ruins File:Stanhope United Methodist Church, Netcong, NJ - looking northwest.jpg, Stanhope United Methodist Church


Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Stanhope include: * Gamaliel Bartlett (1796–1859), first postmaster at Stanhope, appointed in 1823 by President James Monroe. In 1829, Bartlett petitioned the Sussex County Court for a license to ''"...keep an Inn or Tavern in the house in which he now lives, in the Township of Byram..."'' It was signed by the 16 town council members (referred to as Freeholders!). Probably the location of the proposed licensed premises was what is locally referred to as: ''The Stanhope House'' *
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(born 1981), former guitarist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter for the pop punk/post-hardcore group Hidden in Plain View * Alicia Luciano (born 1983), beauty pageant competitor who held the title of Miss New Jersey 2002 and competed in the Miss America 2003 Pageant * Joe Reo, lead singer for Hidden in Plain View * Dave Yovanovits (born 1981), guard for the
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Tatum, Kevin
"Owls pleasantly surprised by draft; The Patriots chose defensive lineman Dan Klecko, and the Jets took offensive tackle Dave Yovanovits."
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'', April 28, 2013. Accessed October 9, 2015. "At home in Stanhope, N.J., Dave Yovanovits was glued to the televised NFL draft coverage from New York."


References


External links


Stanhope Borough website

Sussex County webpage for Stanhope Borough

Stanhope Police Department

Stanhope Public Schools

The Township Journal, community newspaper
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School Data for the Stanhope Public Schools
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Lenape Valley Regional High School
* {{Authority control 1904 establishments in New Jersey Borough form of New Jersey government Boroughs in New Jersey Boroughs in Sussex County, New Jersey Populated places established in 1904