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Sussex is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,130,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 15 (-0.7%) from the 2,145 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 56 (-2.5%) from the 2,201 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 February 26, 2013.〕 Sussex was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 14, 1891, as Deckertown, from portions of Wantage Township.〔 The borough's original name was for settler Peter Decker.〔(History of Sussex Boro - Sussex County, New Jersey ), NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Accessed October 11, 2015. "The village was known as Deckertown in honor of early settler Peter Decker."〕 The borough was renamed Sussex on March 2, 1902.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. pp. 229 and 232. Accessed April 2, 2012.〕 The county and borough are named for the historic county of Sussex in England.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 11, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 294. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed October 11, 2015.〕 A joint commission of residents of both Sussex and Wantage had recommended that the two communities should be consolidated to form what would be called the Township of Sussex-Wantage, which would operate within the Faulkner Act under the Council-Manager form of government, with a mayor and a six-member township council, and that voters in both municipalities should approve a referendum to be held on November 3, 2009. The committee noted that the two municipalities share common issues, schools, library and community services and that the artificial nature of the octagonal Sussex border often made it hard to distinguish between the two.〔(Borough of Sussex and Township of Wantage: Joint Municipal Consolidation Study Commission Report ). Wantage Township, New Jersey. Accessed April 4, 2012.〕 The efforts at consolidation with surrounding Wantage Township ended in November 2009 after Wantage voters rejected the merger despite support from Sussex borough residents.〔Donohue, Brian. ("Sussex, Wantage reject merger; home rule still rules in New Jersey" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', November 13, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2012. "That's just what happened last week in the Township of Wantage, where voters rejected a ballot measure that would have joined the town with the tiny Borough of Sussex. Sussex is essentially Wantage's downtown, cut off from the surrounding township in a feud over utilities costs in the late 1800's. Sussex voters were largely for the reunion."〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.619 square miles (1.604 km2), including 0.589 square miles (1.526 km2) of land and 0.030 square miles (0.078 km2) of water (4.86%).〔〔 It is approximately above sea level. The borough is in the watershed of the Wallkill River (which flows north, and empties into the Rondout Creek, which flows into the Hudson River near Kingston, New York) and its tributary Glen Brook, which near Sussex forms a small body of water called Clove Lake, part of which is within the borough. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sussex, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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