Harding Township, New Jersey
Harding Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the Passaic Valley region within the New York Metropolitan area. The township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 1, 1922, from portions of Passaic Township (since renamed as Long Hill Township), based on the results of a referendum passed on May 9, 1922. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,871, an increase of 33 (+0.9%) from the 2010 census count of 3,838, which in turn reflected an increase of 658 (+20.7%) from the 3,180 counted in the 2000 census.
Harding Township, New Jersey | |
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Township | |
Hartley Farms | |
Location of Harding Township in Morris County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Morris County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Harding Township, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40.737825°N 74.495335°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Incorporated | September 1, 1922 |
| Named for | Warren G. Harding |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Timothy D. Jones (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Robert Falzarano |
| • Municipal clerk | Lisa A. Sharp |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.57 sq mi (53.28 km2) |
| • Land | 20.05 sq mi (51.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2) 2.51% |
| • Rank | 140th of 565 in state 9th of 39 in county |
| Elevation | 367 ft (112 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 3,871 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 3,885 |
| • Rank | 417th of 565 in state 36th of 39 in county |
| • Density | 193.0/sq mi (74.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 506th of 565 in state 39th of 39 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 07935 – Green Village 07976 – New Vernon |
| Area code(s) | 973 |
| FIPS code | 3402729700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882195 |
| Website | www |
The long-established hamlets of New Vernon and Green Village (also within Chatham Township) are both located in Harding Township. The township is home to the private club community Mount Kemble Lake, a former summer colony developed in the 1920s.
Described by The New York Times as "one of the most restrictive and elegant of New Jersey's residential suburban areas" and as an "affluent Morris County township", the community has been one of the state's highest-income municipalities. Harding Township had a per capita income of $109,472 and was ranked first in New Jersey based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau, more than triple the statewide average of $34,858. Based on data from the ACS for 2014–2018, Harding Township ranked sixth in the state with a median household income of $183,587 and had almost half of households earning more than $200 thousand annually.
The 07976 ZIP Code for New Vernon was named one of the "25 Richest ZIP Codes" in the United States by Forbes magazine in 2006. Many relatively unchanged large country estates that have been passed down through several generations attest to the wealth of many of its residents. Some have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and some have nonprofit support organizations that assure the retention of the original nature of the properties.
As of 2021, the median value of a home in Harding Township lies at $1,181,000.