Editing Pohatcong Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 13.76 square miles (35.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 13.37 square miles (34.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.39 square miles (1.00&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (2.81%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR1">[https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref>

[[Finesville, New Jersey|Finesville]] (with a 2010 Census population of 175<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3423340 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Finesville CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212135559/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3423340 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 14, 2013.</ref>) and [[Upper Pohatcong, New Jersey|Upper Pohatcong]] (2010 population of 1,781<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3475120 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Upper Pohatcong CDP, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212143133/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3475120 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 14, 2013.</ref>) are [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated communities]] and [[census-designated place]]s (CDPs) located within the township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34041 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Warren County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212201038/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34041 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 14, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www2.census.gov/acs2010_5yr/summaryfile/UserTools/Geography/NJ.xls 2006-2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 14, 2013.</ref><ref name="CPH232">[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. III-5, August 2012. Accessed June 14, 2013.</ref> Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Carpentersville, New Jersey|Carpentersville]], [[Hughesville, New Jersey|Hughesville]], Huntington, Kennedys, [[Riegelsville, New Jersey|Riegelsville]], [[Springtown, Warren County, New Jersey|Springtown]], Warren and Warren Glen.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed December 18, 2014.</ref>

Pohatcong Township borders the municipalities of [[Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey|Greenwich Township]], [[Lopatcong Township, New Jersey|Lopatcong Township]] and [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] in Warren County; and [[Bethlehem Township, New Jersey|Bethlehem Township]], [[Bloomsbury, New Jersey|Bloomsbury]] and [[Holland Township, New Jersey|Holland Township]] in [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]].<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> The borough of [[Alpha, New Jersey|Alpha]] is completely surrounded by Pohatcong Township, 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>