Lake Hopatcong is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) located in
Jefferson Township,
Morris County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
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. It includes communities on the northeast side of
Lake Hopatcong
Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about in area. Located from the Delaware River and from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's ...
, the largest freshwater body in the state.
Lakefront communities in the CDP include Espanong, Prospect Point, Raccoon Island, and Woodport, and inland communities include Hurdtown, Tierneys Corner, and Berkshire Valley. The CDP is bordered to the west, across the lake, by the borough of
Hopatcong in
Sussex County, and to the south it is bordered by
Mount Arlington in
Roxbury Township and by the
Lower Berkshire Valley CDP. Lake Shawnee is in the northeast part of the CDP.
New Jersey Route 15
Route 15 is a state highway in New Jersey, spanning Morris and Sussex counties, which travels for from U.S. Route 46 (East McFarland Street) in Dover to an intersection with U.S. Route 206 in Frankford Township. It becomes a divided highw ...
passes through the eastern side of the Lake Hopatcong CDP, leading south to
Interstate 80 in
Wharton and north to
Sparta
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.
The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
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Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census
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, the population was 10,232.[
]
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lake Hopatcong include:
* Jaren Sina
Jaren Sina (born March 12, 1994) is an Kosovan-American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates and George Washington Colonia ...
(born 1994), professional basketball player, who played for Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crow ...
.[Lestinsky, Marc]
"Jefferson Student Hits Basketball Big Time; Breakout 2010-11 season has netted Jefferson resident national attention."
Jefferson, NJ Patch, August 9, 2011. Accessed October 13, 2021. "Jefferson native and bona fide basketball star-in-the-making Jaren Sina admitted to being something of an unknown to most outsiders entering his freshman year at Gill St. Bernard's School (Gladstone) in 2009.... The 17-year-old kid from little-known Lake Hopatcong can play."
References
Census-designated places in Morris County, New Jersey
Census-designated places in New Jersey
Jefferson Township, New Jersey
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