Roxbury Township
New Jersey (NJ)

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Roxbury Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 23,883. Roxbury Township is located 50 miles west of New York City.

Roxbury Township was formed on December 24, 1740, from portions of Morris Township, and was formally incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Mendham Township (March 29, 1749), Washington Township (April 2, 1798), Chester Township (April 1, 1799), Jefferson Township (February 11, 1804), Mount Olive Township (March 22, 1871), Mount Arlington (November 3, 1890) and Netcong (October 23, 1894).

Succasunna-Kenvil (2000 Census population of 12,569) is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within the township. The Township of Roxbury includes other unincorporated communities and neighborhoods including Berkshire Valley, Flanders, Landing, Ledgewood and Port Morris.

Welcome to Roxbury Township.

The town is steeped in early history as is all of the United States. These are some interesting facts that you may not know about our area.

In the early 1700?s Native Americans began to sell off their land, in 1708 they sold a large piece that included Roxbury Township, by the 1710?s settlers started to establish homes in the area.

In 1715 Roxbury was surveyed and found that Iron Ore lay close to the surface in various areas of the Township, and before long an Iron Ore Mine and a small forge was in operation.

By the 1730?s the valley of Suckasunny Plains has grown in population, the name was recorded and was made up of  the Lenni Lenape words for Black: ?suka? and the word for Stone: ?assun?, hence the Black Stone of the abundant Iron Ore.
 
On December 24, 1740 Roxbury was incorporated as the fourth township in Morris County. Within its boundaries at that time were the areas that later would become Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mt. Arlington, Mt. Olive Township, Netcong Borough and Washington Township, in addition to parts of Hopatcong and Stanhope. As a result of several of these communities pulling away and becoming independent over the years, Roxbury Township is now comprised of Succasunna (formerly Suckasunny, name changed in 1888), Ledgewood (formerly Drakesville, name changed in 1891), Kenvil (formerly McCainesville), Port Morris, Landing and Lower Berkshire Valley. Roxbury Township is just under 22 square miles in size.

As the years continue, Roxbury grows and prospers with many new single family homes, townhouses, senior communities, restaurants, shopping malls, places of worship and excellent schools.

We will forever be grateful to the founding fathers, and to the future families for making our Township a really great place to live in.