Local city information for Rockaway, NJ

see also: Rockaway Township, New Jersey

Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 6,473.

Rockaway was formed as a borough on June 19, 1894, from portions of Rockaway Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day.

Rockaway is located at (40.900365, -74.513557).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.95%) is water.

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