Whippany, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates:40°49′28″N74°25′02″W / 40.82444°N 74.41722°W /40.82444; -74.41722 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Township | Hanover |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.74 sq mi (14.9 km2) |
| • Land | 5.61 sq mi (14.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Elevation | 233 ft (71 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,863 |
| • Density | 1,580.1/sq mi (610.1/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 07981 |
| FIPS code | 34-80540[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0881770[4] |
Whippany (/hwɪpəni/WHIP-ə-nee) is anunincorporated community andcensus-designated place (CDP)[5] inHanover Township,Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[6] As of the2020 census, it had a population of 8,863.[2]
Whippany's name is derived from the WhippanongNative Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area.Whippanong meant "place of thewillows", named for the trees growing along the banks of theWhippany River.[7]
TheWhippany River is an important part of theMunsee,colonial, andindustrial history of the town.[8]
Circa 1000 CE, the area, along with most ofnorthern New Jersey, was inhabited by theMunseeLenape people. Circa 1500, all of New Jersey was part of theLenapehoking,[9] the homelands of the Lenape.
TheMunsee harvestedmussels from theWhippany River.Arrowheads found in Munsee encampments throughout the nearbyWashington Valley suggest that they huntedwolf,elk, andwild turkey forgame.[8]
The earliestEuropean settlers to live along the Whippany River can be traced back to 1685. The river was an integral part of life in the area; it providedwater power for the various mills which developed in the town.[10]
The Seeing Eye, the firstguide dog school for the blind in the United States, was located in Whippany between 1931 and 1966, before moving to its current campus in nearbyMorris Township.[11]
Whippany is in eastern Morris County and occupies most of the eastern part of Hanover Township. It is bordered to the west, acrossInterstate 287, byCedar Knolls, also in Hanover Township. Whippany is bordered to the north byParsippany–Troy Hills Township, to the east byEast Hanover Township, to the south by the Black Meadows Preserve andMorristown Municipal Airport, and to the southwest byMorris Township, Morris Township.Morristown, thecounty seat, is 5 miles (8 km) to the southwest.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the Whippany CDP has a total area of 5.74 square miles (14.87 km2), of which 5.61 square miles (14.53 km2) are land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), or 2.21%, are water.[1] TheWhippany River flows through the center of town, leading northeast to join thePassaic River nearPine Brook. The river is protected by theWhippany River Watershed Action Committee.
Whippany first appeared as acensus designated place in the2020 U.S. census.[12]
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[13] | 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 6,748 | 76.14% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 109 | 1.23% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 6 | 0.07% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 1,220 | 13.77% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 17 | 0.19% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 236 | 2.66% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 527 | 5.95% |
| Total | 8,863 | 100.00% |
The median household income was $153,725 in the 2023 American Community Survey[14]
Public schools in the area include Bee Meadow School, Mountview Road School, Salem Drive School, Memorial Junior School andWhippany Park High School.
Arrow Academy is a Christian school for grades PreK-8.
The Morris County Library is in Whippany.[15]
The New York Red Bulls U23, a development team for theNew York Red Bulls, play at the team's 15-acre (6.1 ha) development facility in the township.[16]
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Whippany include:
... came to United States as a young man. Manufactured horse blankets in Vermont. Came to this place (Westbrookville, New York) had a heavy loss due to fire. After the fire he went to Whippany, New Jersey. Later he returned to this place, engaged in the saw mill business and later rebuilt the mill and conducted a large blanket manufacturing business.
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