Lake Mohawk, New Jersey
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Lake Mohawk is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located in parts of both Byram Township and Sparta Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 9,755.
The community is located around Lake Mohawk, the largest man-made body of water in the state of New Jersey. Before it was created, the area that is today Lake Mohawk, was known as "Brogden's Meadow." A 600 foot dam on the Wallkill River was begun in 1926 and filled in 1928. The dam was privately constructed by the developers Arthur D. Crane and Herbert L. Closs.
Soon after the construction of the lake, in the mid to late 30's, one of the architects was staying with his family in a seaplane on the lake. A fire broke out on the seaplane, and while they escaped by boat, the plane sunk to the bottom of the lake. In the late 90's an Italian team attempted salvage, but the wreck was too deteriorated and could not be recovered.
For a short time Brad Pitt had a summer house on Lake Mohawk, and Donald Trump's sister lived there for a time as well.
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[edit] Geography
Lake Mohawk is located at (41.018491, -74.660034)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.9 km² (6.2 mi²). 12.9 km² (5.0 mi²) of it is land and 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²) of it (18.70%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 9,755 people, 3,692 households, and 2,787 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 753.3/km² (1,951.2/mi²). There were 3,940 housing units at an average density of 304.2/km² (788.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.88% White, 0.38% African American, 0.09% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population.
There were 3,692 households out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.9% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $81,699, and the median income for a family was $95,621. Males had a median income of $72,279 versus $40,417 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $35,637. About 0.8% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] References
- Pierson, Duane. Images of Sparta, Minisink Press, Inc., 1981
[edit] External links
- New Jersey Skylands - Lake Mohawk
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
