Walpack Township, New Jersey

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Walpack Township, New Jersey
Township
The downtown of Wallpack Center, New Jersey facing National Park Service Route 615
The downtown of Wallpack Center, New Jersey facing National Park Service Route 615
Motto: 
Oldest Municipality in Sussex County
Location in Sussex County, New Jersey and of Sussex County in New Jersey (upper right)
Location in Sussex County, New Jersey and of Sussex County in New Jersey (upper right)
Census Bureau map of Walpack Township, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Walpack Township, New Jersey
Walpack Township is located in Sussex County, New Jersey
Walpack Township
Walpack Township
Location of Walpack Township in Sussex County
Walpack Township is located in New Jersey
Walpack Township
Walpack Township
Location in New Jersey
Walpack Township is located in the United States
Walpack Township
Walpack Township
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 41°07′16″N 74°53′24″W / 41.121°N 74.890°W / 41.121; -74.890[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Sussex
Earliest mentionOctober 26, 1731
IncorporatedFebruary 21, 1798
Government
[5]
 • TypeTownship
 • BodyTownship Committee
 • MayorVictor J. Maglio (R, term ends December 31, 2024)[3][4]
 • Municipal clerkChristine M. Von Oesen[3]
Area
[1]
 • Total
24.88 sq mi (64.45 km2)
 • Land24.24 sq mi (62.77 km2)
 • Water0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2)  2.60%
 • Rank109th of 565 in state
10th of 24 in county[1]
Elevation
[6]
436 ft (133 m)
Population
 (2020)[7]
 • Total
7
 • Estimate 
(2023)[8]
6
 • Rank565th of 565 in state
24th of 24 in county[9]
 • Density0.3/sq mi (0.1/km2)
  • Rank565th of 565 in state
24th of 24 in county[9]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
07881 – Walpack Center[10]
Area code908[11]
FIPS code3403776640[1][12][13]
GNIS feature ID0882259[1][14]
Websitewww.twp.walpack.nj.us

Walpack Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,[7] a decrease of 9 (−56.3%) from the 2010 census count of 16,[15][16] which in turn reflected a decline of 34 (−82.9%) from the 41 counted in the 2000 census.[17] Walpack Township was the smallest municipality by population and one of only four municipalities in New Jersey with a population under 100 as of the 2020 Census;[7] it had the state's third-smallest population in the 2010 census, behind Tavistock (population 5) and the now-defunct Pine Valley (population 12), both in Camden County.[18]

The township is named from a corruption of the Lenape Native American content word "wahlpeck," which means "turn-hole," or an eddy or whirlpool, a compound of two Native American words, "woa-lac" (a hole), and "tuppeck" (a pool),[19] though other sources attribute the name to mean "very deep water"[20] or "sudden bend of a stream around the base of a rock".[21]

  1. ^ a b c d e 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.
  2. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Directory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, updated April 1, 2024. Accessed April 1, 2024.
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  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Walpack, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.
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  9. ^ a b Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
  10. ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Walpack Center, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed February 26, 2013.
  11. ^ Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Walpack, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 29, 2014.
  12. ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  13. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
  14. ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference LWD2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  18. ^ New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32), United States Census Bureau, August 2012. Accessed February 26, 2013.
  19. ^ Snell, James P. (1881) History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Centennial ed., Harmony, NJ: Harmony Press, 1981), pgs. 314, 326.
  20. ^ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 20, 2015.
  21. ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 31. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed October 20, 2015.