Editing Warren County, New Jersey (section)

==Geography and climate==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], as of the 2020 census, the county had a total area of {{convert|362.65|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|356.54|sqmi}} was land (98.3%) and {{convert|6.11|sqmi}} was water (1.7%).<ref name=CensusArea>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_34.txt 2020 Census Gazetteer File for Counties in New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 1, 2023.</ref> Warren County has rolling hills with the [[Kittatinny Mountain|Kittatinny Ridge]] in the west. [[Allamuchy Mountain]] and [[Jenny Jump Mountain]] are part of the [[New York – New Jersey Highlands]], also known as the Reading Prong. Around 450 million years ago, a chain of volcanic islands collided with proto [[North America]]. The chain of islands went over the [[North American Plate]], creating the Highlands from the island rock and establishing the [[Great Appalachian Valley]]. The final collision was when the [[African Plate]] collided with the North American plate. That was the final episode of the building of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. Then the African plate tore away from North America.

The [[Wisconsin Glaciation|Wisconsin Glacier]] covered the northern part of the county from 21,000 to 13,000 BC. The glacier covered the top of Kittatinny Mountain and carved the terrain in the northern part of the county. The terminal moraine runs from north of [[Belvidere, New Jersey|Belvidere]] to the south of [[Great Meadows, New Jersey|Great Meadows]] to north of Hackettstown, to the north of Budd Lake. Blairstown Township, Hope Township, half of Independence Township, part of White Township, and all of Allamuchy Township was covered by the Glacier. When the glacier melted, a lake was formed at Great Meadows. Slowly the lake drained leaving a large flat area filled with organic material.

The county is drained by three rivers. All three rivers are shallow and narrow. They are fresh water rivers that are excellent for fishing.  
The Paulins Kill drains the western portion of the county. The river flows from Newton to Blairstown Township, and then through Knowlton Township where it drains into the [[Delaware River]]. The Pequest River drains the middle of the county flowing from Andover Township through Allamuchy, then to Independence Township where it turns west and flows through White Township and then empties into the Delaware River at Belvidere. The third river is the Musconetcong. Starting at Lake Musconetcong, the river divides the county from Morris and Hunterdon. This river drains the southern portion of the county and empties into the Delaware River near Warren Glen.

Warren County is located in two valleys of the [[Great Appalachian Valley]]. The first is the [[Kittatinny Valley]], which is in the northern part of the county, and the [[Lehigh Valley]], which borders the southern part of the county.

The [[Lehigh Valley]] starts at the terminal moraine of the Wisconsin Glacier slightly north of [[Belvidere, New Jersey|Belvidere]]. It extends from the Delaware River south to where the [[Musconetcong River]] enters the Delaware River, northeast to the Jenny Jump Mountains and then along Route 80 to the Allamuchy Mountains to the terminal moraine near [[Hackettstown, New Jersey|Hackettstown]]. The Kittatinny Valley is situated north of the terminal moraine; it runs north of Belvidere, to south of Great Meadows, then east to the north of Hackettstown. Towns such as Blairstown, Johnsonburg, Hope and Allamuchy are in the Kittatinny Valley

The highest elevation is {{convert|1600|ft|m}} above sea level on the Kittatinny Ridge, at two areas just south of Upper Yards Creek Reservoir, west of Blairstown.<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13320 New Jersey County High Points] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518173742/http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13320 |date=May 18, 2015 }}, Peakbagger.com. Accessed October 2, 2013.</ref> The lowest point is the [[confluence]] of the Delaware and Musconetcong rivers at the county's southern tip, at {{convert|160|ft|m}} of elevation. The highest elevation on Allamuchy Mountain is {{convert|1240|ft|m}} on the ridge northeast of Allamuchy. On Jenny Jump Mountain the highest point is {{convert|1134|ft|m}} east of the Shiloh area or south of Interstate 80. Sunfish Pond has an elevation of {{convert|1379|ft|m}} and upper Yards Creek Reservoir is at {{convert|1555|ft|m}}.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

===ZIP code locations===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zip-codes.com/state/nj.asp|title = Listing of all Zip Codes in the state of New Jersey}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccarto.com/nj/warren_zipcodes/index.html|title = Warren County, NJ Zip Codes - Phillipsburg Zip Code Boundary Map}}</ref>
{|
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* [[Allamuchy Township, New Jersey|Allamuchy]]
* [[Asbury, New Jersey|Asbury (Hunterdon)]]
* [[Belvidere, New Jersey|Belvidere]]
* [[Blairstown, New Jersey|Blairstown]]
* [[Bloomsbury, New Jersey|Bloomsbury (Hunterdon)]]
* [[Broadway, New Jersey|Broadway]]
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* [[Buttzville, New Jersey|Buttzville]]
* [[Changewater, New Jersey|Changewater]]
* [[Columbia, New Jersey|Columbia]]
* [[Delaware, Warren County, New Jersey|Delaware]]
* [[Great Meadows, New Jersey|Great Meadows]]
* [[Hackettstown, New Jersey|Hackettstown]]
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* [[Hampton, New Jersey|Hampton (Hunterdon)]]
* [[Hope Township, New Jersey|Hope]]
* [[Johnsonburg, New Jersey|Johnsonburg]]
* [[Oxford Township, New Jersey|Oxford]]
* [[Port Murray, New Jersey|Port Murray]]
* [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]]
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* [[Stewartsville, New Jersey|Stewartsville]]
* [[Vienna, New Jersey|Vienna]]
* [[Washington, New Jersey|Washington]]
|}

===Climate and weather===
Warren County has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa''/''Dfb''). Average monthly temperatures in downtown [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] range from {{convert|29.0|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in January to {{convert|74.2|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in July, while in [[Hackettstown, New Jersey|Hackettstown]] they range from {{convert|27.0|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in January to {{convert|71.5|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in July.<ref>[http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ Time Series Values for Individual Locations], [[Oregon State University]]. Accessed June 24, 2023.</ref> The [[hardiness zone]]s are 6a and 6b.
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|[[Belvidere, New Jersey]]
|19|37|3.08
|21|41|2.77
|28|50|3.60
|37|61|3.95
|47|72|4.12
|57|80|4.30
|62|85|4.65
|60|83|3.90
|52|76|4.33
|41|65|4.54
|32|54|3.57
|24|42|3.61
|float=right
|units=imperial
|clear=both
|source=The Weather Channel<ref name="weather">[http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNJ0038 Monthly Averages for Belvidere, New Jersey], [[The Weather Channel]]. Accessed October 13, 2012.</ref>}}
Average temperatures in the county seat of Belvidere have ranged from a low of {{convert|19|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|85|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-17|°F}} was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of {{convert|101|°F}} was recorded in July 1999. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|2.77|in}} in February to {{convert|4.65|in}} in July.<ref name="weather"/>