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Rockaway, New Jersey
Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,438,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 35 (-0.5%) from the 6,473 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 230 (+3.7%) from the 6,243 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed December 22, 2012.〕
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.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 196. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕 Portions of Rockaway Township were annexed by the borough in 1908.〔Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. (''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 244. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed September 23, 2015.〕
The borough shares its name with the Rockaway River and the neighboring township. The name is derived from a Native American term, variously said to mean "place of sands",〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕〔Nestor, Sandy. (''Indian Place Names in America, Volume 1'' ), p. 113. McFarland, 2004. ISBN 9780786493395. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 "creek between two hills"〔("Indian Place Names in New Jersey" ) from the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration 1938-1939 Series, Bulletin 12. Accessed September 24, 2015. "Rockaway - Possibly from Powawachne, creek between two hills"〕 or "bushy" / "difficult to cross".〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 265. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕
==Geography==
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.119 square miles (5.488 km2), including 2.072 square miles (5.367 km2) of land and 0.047 square miles (0.121 km2) of water (2.20%).〔〔
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