Convent Station, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°46′48″N 74°26′46″W / 40.780°N 74.446°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Morris |
Township | Morris |
Elevation | 371 ft (113 m) |
ZIP Code | 07961 |
GNIS feature ID | 883543[1] |
Convent Station is an unincorporated community located within Morris Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] The community is named after the Convent Station railroad station that was constructed along the Morris and Essex Lines during the 1870s.[3]
Among the neighborhoods of Convent Station are Bradwahl, Cromwell Hills, and the Normandy Park Historic District; which was added in 1996 to both the National and New Jersey registers of historic places.[4] The Morris Township Municipal Building and Police Headquarters are located in Convent Station.
The community is home to the Morris County Golf Club, the Morris Museum, and Saint Elizabeth University, a private Catholic, coeducational, four-year, liberal arts university founded in 1899.