page_title: Pohatcong Township, New Jersey
hierarchical_section_title: Pohatcong Township, New Jersey
caption_attribution_description: English: Census Bureau map of Pohatcong Township
context_page_description: Pohatcong Township is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 3,339, reflecting a decline of 77 from the 3,416 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 175 from the 3,591 counted in the 1990 Census. The name Pohatcong is said to be from the Lenni Lenape Native American term meaning "stream between split hills".
  Pohatcong Township was officially established in 1881. On March 24, 1881 Chapter 145 of the Acts of the New Jersey General Assembly was published defining and creating Pohatcong Township. The act to form Pohatcong had been introduced by Assemblyman William Fritts and, once law, was to take effect January 1 of the following year. Pohatcong was incorporated on January 1, 1882. It was divided off of Greenwich Township. Pohatcong township's name comes from Lenape Native Americans, who called the area "split hills stream outlet". The industrialized center of the township was separated to form Alpha borough, on April 27, 1911.
context_section_description: Pohatcong Township is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 3,339, reflecting a decline of 77 (-2.3%) from the 3,416 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 175 (-4.9%) from the 3,591 counted in the 1990 Census. The name Pohatcong is said to be from the Lenni Lenape Native American term meaning "stream between split hills".
  Pohatcong Township was officially established in 1881.  On March 24, 1881 Chapter 145 of the Acts of the New Jersey General Assembly was published defining and creating Pohatcong Township.  The act to form Pohatcong had been introduced by Assemblyman William Fritts and, once law, was to take effect January 1 of the following year. Pohatcong was incorporated on January 1, 1882. It was divided off of Greenwich Township. Pohatcong township's name comes from Lenape Native Americans, who called the area "split hills stream outlet".  The industrialized center of the township was separated to form Alpha borough, on April 27, 1911.
caption: Census Bureau map of Pohatcong Township, New Jersey.
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