Towaco, New Jersey

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|unit_pref = Imperial
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024">{{cite web |title=2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_place_34.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024">{{cite web |title=2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_place_34.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 15.70
|area_total_km2 = 15.70
|area_land_km2 = 15.53
|area_land_km2 = 15.53
|area_water_km2 = 0.16
|area_water_km2 = 0.16
|area_total_sq_mi = 6.06
|area_total_sq_mi = 6.06
|area_land_sq_mi = 6.00
|area_land_sq_mi = 6.00
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.06
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.06


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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:34&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 11, 2022}}</ref>
|population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:34&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 11, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total = 5624
|population_total = 5624
|population_density_sq_mi = 937.80
|population_density_sq_mi = 937.80
|population_density_km2 = 362.08
|population_density_km2 = 362.08
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People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Towaco include:
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Towaco include:
* [[Ulric Ellerhusen]] (1879–1957), sculptor best known for his works of [[architectural sculpture]]<ref>Bzdak, Meredith Arms; and Petersen, Douglas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-eRf38Lbb2IC&pg=RA1-PA1922&lpg=RA1-PA1922 ''Public sculpture in New Jersey: monuments to collective identity''], p. 1922, [[Rutgers University Press]], 1999. {{ISBN|0-8135-2700-7}}. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Ulric Ellerhusen]] (1879–1957), sculptor best known for his works of [[architectural sculpture]]<ref>Bzdak, Meredith Arms; and Petersen, Douglas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-eRf38Lbb2IC&pg=RA1-PA1922&lpg=RA1-PA1922 ''Public sculpture in New Jersey: monuments to collective identity''], p. 1922, [[Rutgers University Press]], 1999. {{ISBN|0-8135-2700-7}}. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
*[[Teresa Giudice|Teresa and Joe Giudice]], reality TV personalities of [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo TV]]'s ''[[Real Housewives of New Jersey]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hyman|first=Vicki | title=New Jersey 'Housewives' home off the market; Teresa Giudice says she's not selling |newspaper= [[The Star-Ledger]]|date= 11 June 2010 |url= http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2010/06/new_jersey_housewives_home_off.html|access-date=March 31, 2025 |via=NJ.com}}</ref>
*[[Teresa Giudice|Teresa and Joe Giudice]], reality TV personalities of [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo TV]]'s ''[[Real Housewives of New Jersey]]''<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/2010/06/new_jersey_housewives_home_off.html "New Jersey 'Housewives' home off the market; Teresa Giudice says she's not selling"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 11, 2010. Accessed July 4, 2025. "Teresa Giudice of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" says her Towaco home is not for sale."</ref>
* [[Joseph McKenna (wrestler)|Joseph McKenna]] (born 1995), American [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle]] and graduated [[Collegiate wrestling|folkstyle wrestler]]<ref>Evans, Bill. [https://www.nj.com/sports/2025/06/nj-native-joey-mckennas-world-team-frustrations-continue-with-final-x-defeat.html "N.J. native Joey McKenna’s world-team frustrations continue with Final X defeat"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 4, 2025. Accessed July 4, 2025. "Blair University product and Towaco native Joey McKenna has been on the cusp of a world-team spot for nearly a decade."</ref>
* [[James P. Vreeland]] (1910–2001), politician who served four terms in the [[New Jersey Senate]] after a term in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.newjerseyhills.com/james-p-vreeland-jr-former-state-senator-devoted-to-community/article_58d44fda-a1e1-55d5-ad3c-0bbc3f31b380.html "James P. Vreeland Jr., 91, former state senator, devoted to community service and to farming"], ''New Jersey Hills'', July 11, 2001. Accessed January 21, 2018. "Senator Vreeland was born in the Towaco section of Montville and lived there all of his life. He was a 1927 graduate of Boonton High School and went on to attend both Rutgers University and Lehigh University."</ref>
* [[James P. Vreeland]] (1910–2001), politician who served four terms in the [[New Jersey Senate]] after a term in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.newjerseyhills.com/james-p-vreeland-jr-former-state-senator-devoted-to-community/article_58d44fda-a1e1-55d5-ad3c-0bbc3f31b380.html "James P. Vreeland Jr., 91, former state senator, devoted to community service and to farming"], ''New Jersey Hills'', July 11, 2001. Accessed January 21, 2018. "Senator Vreeland was born in the Towaco section of Montville and lived there all of his life. He was a 1927 graduate of Boonton High School and went on to attend both Rutgers University and Lehigh University."</ref>


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