Alpha, New Jersey | |
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![]() Location of Alpha in Warren County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Warren County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
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Coordinates: 40°39′34″N 75°09′25″W / 40.659447°N 75.157052°W[1][2] | |
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State | ![]() |
County | Warren |
Incorporated | June 26, 1911 |
Named for | Alpha Cement Works |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Craig S. Dunwell (R, term ends December 31, 2023)[3][4] |
• Municipal clerk | Donna L. Messina[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.72 sq mi (4.44 km2) |
• Land | 1.68 sq mi (4.35 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 2.03% |
• Rank | 431st of 565 in state 21st of 22 in county[1] |
Elevation | 269 ft (82 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,328 |
• Estimate (2023)[10] | 2,348 |
• Rank | 475th of 565 in state 19th of 22 in county[11] |
• Density | 1,385.2/sq mi (534.8/km2) |
• Rank | 347th of 565 in state 5th of 22 in county[11] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 908[14] |
FIPS code | 3404101030[1][15][16] |
GNIS feature ID | 885138[1][17] |
School district | Phillipsburg School District |
Website | www |
Alpha is a borough in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,328,[9] a decrease of 41 (−1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,369,[18][19] which in turn reflected a decline of 113 (−4.6%) from the 2,482 counted in the 2000 census.[20]
Alpha was incorporated as a borough from portions of Pohatcong Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature passed on June 26, 1911, and signed by Governor Woodrow Wilson, based on the results of a referendum held on May 31, 1911.[21] The borough was named for the Alpha Cement Works.[22]
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