Located in picturesque northwestern Morris County, Rockaway Township is the largest municipality in the county, spanning over 45.6 square miles. With over 20,000 residents, Rockaway Township is a family community that offers a unique combination of distinctive neighborhoods which retain a small town character, with lake communities, new housing developments and quiet, more rural residential areas.
Incorporated as a township in 1844, from portions of Hanover Township and Pequannock Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Rockaway Borough, Port Oram (now Wharton) and Denville .
A large part of the township consists of Picatinny Arsenal, a US Army base that covers almost 6,500 acres, used mainly for the development of new weapons technologies.
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