Vernon Township, New Jersey | |
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![]() Map of Vernon Township in Sussex County. Inset: Location of Sussex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
![]() Census Bureau map of Vernon Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Sussex County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 41°11′43″N 74°29′20″W / 41.195198°N 74.488755°W[1][2] | |
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Established | April 8, 1793 |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) |
• Body | Township Council |
• Mayor | Anthony Rossi (term ends December 31, 2027)[3][4] |
• Administrator | Vacant[5][6] |
• Municipal clerk | Marcy Gianattasio[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 69.96 sq mi (181.19 km2) |
• Land | 67.60 sq mi (175.07 km2) |
• Water | 2.36 sq mi (6.12 km2) 3.38% |
• Rank | 15th of 565 in state 1st of 24 in county[1] |
Elevation | 571 ft (174 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 22,358 |
• Estimate | 22,711 |
• Rank | 124th of 565 in state 1st of 24 in county[13] |
• Density | 330.8/sq mi (127.7/km2) |
• Rank | 469th of 565 in state 12th of 24 in county[13] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 973[15] |
FIPS code | 3403775740[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882258[1][18] |
Website | www |
Vernon Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located about a one hour drive from New York City and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,358,[10][11] a decrease of 1,585 (−6.6%) from the 2010 census count of 23,943,[19][20] which in turn reflected a decline of 743 (−3.0%) from the 24,686 counted in the 2000 census.[21] It is both the most populous municipality[11] and the largest in area in the county.[1]
Vernon is home to Mountain Creek (formerly Great Gorge and Vernon Valley), a ski resort and water park as well as the Crystal Springs Resort's Minerals Hotel and Elements Spa. The Hidden Valley ski resort, which opened in 1976 and occupied a 140-acre (57 ha) property that included one of New Jersey's three remaining downhill skiing facilities, closed at the end of the 2013 season and could find no buyers at an auction held that year;[22] it has since reopened as the National Winter Activity Center. The Great Gorge Playboy Club was located in the Vernon community of McAfee, but was sold and turned into a hotel called the Legends Resort & Country Club. Opened in 1972 at a cost of $20 million (equivalent to $145.7 million in 2023), featuring 700 rooms and 27 holes of golf, the hotel was sold to Americana in 1982 and later was resold to Metairie Corp. which branded the property as the Legends Resort and Country Club. In 2017, the township started eviction proceedings against low-income residents who had been living in the defunct resort on a permanent basis.[23]
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