Netcong — The Morris Line · CDG Digital Media

Stop 6 of 7 Netcong 51 mi from NY Penn · Diesel · Zone 19

A one-square-mile railroad borough named for the Musconetcong River, and for years the end of the line.

3,659residents

$83,958median household income

$346,100median home value

46riders board here on an average weekday (2024)

Wait, really?

01Netcong takes its name from the Musconetcong River, a Lenape name; one meaning given is "clear stream place." The village was first called South Stanhope, and the post office adopted "Netcong" in 1889.02Netcong was the end of the line until late 1994.03The current Netcong station was rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 using bricks from nearby Port Murray. The first station there opened on January 16, 1854.04Less than one-tenth of a mile of Interstate 80 runs through Netcong, yet NJDOT uses "Netcong" as a control city on highway signs as far away as the George Washington Bridge.05AT&T built an underground facility in a 47-foot-deep hole in Netcong, designed to withstand a nuclear attack and keep operating for as long as three weeks.06In 1950, Netcong's John Giannantonio set national high school records, including 754 rushing yards in one game against Mountain Lakes, which still stood as of 2016.07The Musconetcong River was dammed at Stanhope in 1845 to make a water supply for the Morris Canal. The result, first called Stanhope Reservoir, is now Lake Musconetcong.

Neighbors

27.7% of residents are Hispanic or Latino. A full race breakdown for Netcong Borough was not available from the sources used.

Schools in town

1public

0private

2nursery / pre-K

Netcong School District · high school: Lenape Valley Regional High School, 28 Sparta Road, Stanhope (Sussex County)

Rt 46 · 80 · 10 watch

0 built since late 2024 · 2 under development · 1 proposed

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The station

Station location	Netcong Borough
Address	Main Street at U.S. Route 46, Netcong, NJ
Miles from New York Penn	51
First passenger service	1854-01-16 (as South Stanhope)
Current station opened	1903
Architecture / history	Brick station completed June 14, 1903, during the Stanhope Cut-Off project. One track, one low-level platform.
Service	Diesel, weekdays. A limited number of Morristown Line and Montclair-Boonton Line trains; check NJ TRANSIT for connections to New York.
Parking	Free; no overnight parking
Average weekday boardings	46 (2024)
Fare zone	19

Travel times are not shown. NJ TRANSIT’s Portal North Bridge cutover schedule (October 11 to November 14, 2026) diverted weekday Midtown Direct trains to Hoboken, and the regular timetable resumes November 15, 2026, subject to safety testing. Check njtransit.com for current times.

The people

Population, 2020 Census	3,375
Population, 2010 Census	3,232
Change, 2010–2020	+4.4%
Population, ACS 2020–2024	3,659
Median age	45.1
Households	1,814
Average household size	2
Median household income	$83,958
Per-capita income	$50,788
Poverty rate	7.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	37.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	27.7%
Born outside the U.S.	26.5%
Median home value	$346,100
Owner-occupied homes	57.8%
Mean travel time to work	29.3 min
Work from home	17.8%
Land area	0.83 sq mi
People per square mile	4,053.1

U.S. Census Bureau: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates and the 2010 and 2020 Census. Rows not shown were not available from the sources used.

754Rushing yards in one game by Netcong's John Giannantonio in 1950, a national high school record 0.96 sq miTotal area, the smallest of the seven towns

Rt 46 · 80 · 10 and station-area projects

In town, off corridorUnder development

Mountain View at Netcong (St. Michael's site)

Netcong · Block 26, Lot 6 and part of Lot 10 · townhouses + senior affordable · 76 units (64 market-rate townhouses + 12 senior affordable rentals)

Approved inclusionary redevelopment listed in Netcong's 4th-round housing plan. Construction status was not stated.

Redevelopment plan: Aug 2023; Approved: 2024source, 2025-06

Station areaUnder development

Block 15 Redevelopment (Main St / Maple Ave)

Netcong · East side of Main Street, north side of Maple Avenue (Block 15, Lots 29–33), within the 1/2-mile Transit Village area · mixed-use apartments · Up to 50 units (8 affordable family rentals) with ground-floor commercial

Approved downtown mixed-use redevelopment in Netcong's transit-village area. Construction status as of 2025-06 was not stated.

Approved: 2024source, 2025-06

Station area (fronts Rt 46)Proposed

Netcong Station Area Redevelopment Plan (amendment planned)

Netcong · Portions of Block 19 bounded by Flanders Rd, Bank St, Main St and Route 46, adjacent to the NJ Transit station · redevelopment plan · Not specified (2016 amendment anticipated 25 affordable units, not built)

The borough plans to amend the station-area redevelopment plan to make it viable. No approved project as of June 2025.

Prior amendment: 2016; Planned amendment: per the 4th-round housing plan (June 2025); not yet adoptedsource, 2025-06

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