| Green Village, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Morris County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Green Village |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Morris County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Morris |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chatham and Harding |
| Named For: | Ashbel Green |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.33 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.26 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.44 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.34 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.10 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1103 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 470.76 |
| Population Density Km2: | 181.74 |
| Elevation M: | 76 |
| Elevation Ft: | 249 |
| Coordinates: | 40.7392°N -74.4536°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 07935 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0876795 |
Green Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] within Harding and Chatham townships in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[5] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,103.[2] It is located just north of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and is named after Ashbel Green, former president of Princeton University.
In the Forbes magazine 2006 ranking of the Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States, Green Village was ranked as the 282nd most expensive in the country, with its median home sale price in 2005 of $777,465.[6] As of 2021, the median home value within Green Village was $1,069,200.[7]
The village was founded in the 18th century and named for founding father Ashbel Green.[8] One of the earliest houses in the village is that of Elias Boudinot, constructed in 1760 by one of George Washington's generals, William Alexander.[8] The village center was largely created in 1800 by local farmer John Cockrem and his family, which ran a wagon-building company in town, and his son Philip built the local Methodist church and original post office.[8] A new post office would be built during the Eisenhower presidency.[8]
Green Village is in southern Morris County, mostly in the western part of Chatham Township, but extending into the eastern part of Harding Township. It is bordered to the northeast by the borough of Madison and to the west by unincorporated New Vernon. Morristown, the county seat, is 5miles to the north. The village is drained by Great Brook and its tributary Loantaka Brook, which flow southwest into the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and thence to the Passaic River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Green Village CDP has a total area of 2.44sqmi, of which 2.34sqmi are land and 0.1sqmi, or 4.13%, are water.[1]
Green Village has its own post office and fire department,[9] as well as a plant nursery known as The Farm at Green Village, a deli, a Methodist church, and a gas station. Additionally, a number of residents maintain farms and sell produce (including pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelons), eggs, and firewood. Green Village principally consists of three streets, namely Green Village Road, which runs east to Madison and west to New Vernon; and Meyersville Road and Britten Road, which each run south to the Great Swamp. The eastern end of Woodland Road is within the Green Village CDP and ZIP Code area, while the remainder is within the New Vernon CDP and ZIP Code area.[10]
As of the 2020 United States census, the area had a population of 1,103.[2]
Students attend schools in either Harding Township or Chatham, depending on which side of Green Village they live in.