Editing Alpha, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 1.72 square miles (4.44&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 1.68 square miles (4.35&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.09&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (2.03%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Vulcanite.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The borough is completely surrounded by [[Pohatcong Township, New Jersey|Pohatcong Township]],<ref>[https://www.warrencountynj.gov/our-county/municipalities Municipal Directory], [[Warren County, New Jersey]]. Accessed July 30, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref>