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A township of 5,536 people in Warren County, New Jersey
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Township in Warren County, New Jersey, US
1782Established
5,469Population
19.9 sq miArea
518 ftElevation

Independence Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,469, a decrease of 193 (−3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 5,662, which in turn reflected an increase of 59 (+1.1%) from the 5,603 counted in the 2000 census.

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