Walpack Township, New Jersey
Walpack Township, New Jersey | |
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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) | |
Census Bureau map of Walpack Township, New Jersey | |
Location of Walpack Township in Sussex County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 41°07′16″N 74°53′24″W / 41.121°N 74.890°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Sussex |
| Earliest mention | October 26, 1731 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Victor J. Maglio (R, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Municipal clerk | Christine M. Von Oesen |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.88 sq mi (64.45 km2) |
| • Land | 24.24 sq mi (62.77 km2) |
| • Water | 0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2) 2.60% |
| • Rank | 109th of 565 in state 10th of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 436 ft (133 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7 |
• Estimate (2023) | 6 |
| • Rank | 565th of 565 in state 24th of 24 in county |
| • Density | 0.3/sq mi (0.1/km2) |
| • Rank | 565th of 565 in state 24th of 24 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07881 – Walpack Center |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3403776640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882259 |
| Website | www |
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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, a decrease of 9 (−56.3%) from the 2010 census count of 16, which in turn reflected a decline of 34 (−82.9%) from the 41 counted in the 2000 census. 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; 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.
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), though other sources attribute the name to mean "very deep water" or "sudden bend of a stream around the base of a rock".