The borough of Washington is completely surrounded by Washington Township, making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another. Washington Township borders the municipalities of Franklin Township, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township and White Township in Warren County and Bethlehem Township, Hampton and Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County. Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bowerstown, Butlers Park, Changewater, Fort Golden, Imlaydale, and Pleasant Valley. īrass Castle (with a 2010 Census population of 1,555 ) and Port Colden (2010 population of 122 ) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) located within the township. Another municipality, Washington Borough, is completely surrounded by Washington Township.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 18.05 square miles (46.75 km 2), including 17.96 square miles (46.52 km 2) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km 2) of water (0.49%). It is one of five municipalities in the state of New Jersey with the name " Washington Township". The township was named for George Washington, one of more than ten communities statewide named for the first president.
Portions of the township were taken on February 20, 1868, to create Washington Borough. Washington Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 9, 1849, from portions of Mansfield Township. Mansfield Township, also in Warren County, borders both this municipality and another Washington Township in Morris County. Washington Township, Warren County completely surrounds the borough of Washington. The township is one of six municipalities in New Jersey under the name Washington (one of which is a borough, five of which are townships). As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,492, a decrease of 159 (−2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,651, which in turn reflected an increase of 403 (+6.5%) from the 6,248 counted in the 2000 census. Washington Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S.
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