Hibernia, New Jersey

Hibernia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located along County Route 513 (Green Pond Road) in Rockaway Township of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07842. The community takes its name from Hibernia, the classical name for Ireland.

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.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 208.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hibernia include:

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

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