the official website for the Borough of Hopatcong. The website is an evolving enterprise. Its main purpose is to serve the Borough residents through making information readily available, making government more accessible, and fostering productive interaction among the residents. If you are not a Borough resident, we expect that through the website you will gain a better, fuller understanding and appreciation of the Borough, its potential, and its successes. There is frequent use of the color green on the website because green is the identifying color for many teams in the Borough, because it conveys a sense of the concern for the environment shared throughout the community, and because green is an attractive color.

The Borough of Hopatcong is a community of just under 16,000 residents. Originally called the "Borough of Brooklyn", the Borough split from Byram Township on 2 April 1898 and changed its name to the Borough of Hopatcong in 1901. A major annexation of additional land from Byram Township took place in 1922.The Borough is in northwestern New Jersey, situated on the western and northern shores of Lake Hopatcong, the largest lake in New Jersey. It occupies the southeastern corner of Sussex County, and abuts Morris County to the east and south. The Borough is easily reached via Interstate 80 (use exit 28) and State Highways 206 and 46.

There are approximately 6,200 residences in Hopatcong, of which 2,200 are served by the Borough Water Utility. The remainder is on their own private wells. The water for the Borough Utility comes from wells. The Borough is just starting the installation of a sewer system. The initial two phases of the sewer program will reach about 45% of the Borough residences. The Borough provides full services such as police, recycling, garbage collection, road maintenance, recreation, health, and others. The municipal building, Borough Hall, is located at 111 River Styx Road (Sussex County Road 607). It is served by three volunteer fire companies and an ambulance squad. The Borough residences are almost exclusively single-family homes.

The names of some Borough streets reflect the influence of the Lenape Native American tribe on the early history of the Borough, and the influence of Hudson Maxim, an inventor who owned much of the Borough. You will enjoy visiting the website of the Lake Hopatcong Historical Society, and its museum at the Hopatcong State Park at the southern end of the Borough.

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