Hibernia is an unincorporated community located along County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) in Rockaway Township of Morris County, New Jersey.[1][4] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07842. The community takes its name from Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland.[5]

Hibernia, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
View along Green Pond Road
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Coordinates: 40°56′38″N 74°29′34″W[1]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Morris
Township	Rockaway
Named for	Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland
Area [2]
• Total	2.26 sq mi (5.86 km2)
• Land	2.16 sq mi (5.59 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2)
Elevation	538 ft (164 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	208
• Density	96.34/sq mi (37.19/km2)
ZIP code	07866
GNIS feature ID	877076[1]

As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07842 was 93.

The Hibernia mines, a series of iron mines worked from pre-Revolutionary times until 1916, are located here.

Since 1970, the former Methodist Episcopal Church on Green Pond Road has been used as a branch of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library.[6]

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  Methodist Episcopal Church, now a library

Demographics

Notable people

• Thomas J. Hillery (1871–1920), President of the New Jersey Senate[8]

References

External links

• Media related to Hibernia, New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
• "Hibernia Historic District". The Historical Marker Database.
• Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07842 from the United States Census Bureau