Budd Lake, New Jersey
census designated place in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Budd Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Mount Olive Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 9,784, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 816 (+9.1%) from the 8,968 enumerated at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 868 (+10.7%) from the 8,100 counted in the 2000 census. Budd Lake was named for John Budd. Prior to that, it was called Hattacawanna Lake.
Geography
Budd Lake is in western Morris County, in central Mount Olive Township. U.S. Route 46 passes through the community, leading northeast 3 miles (5 km) to Netcong and southwest 5 miles (8 km) to Hackettstown. Interstate 80 passes just north of the community. New York City is 46 miles (74 km) to the east via I-80, and the Delaware Water Gap is 25 miles (40 km) to the west.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Budd Lake CDP has a total area of 6.424 square miles (16.64 km2), including 5.444 square miles (14.10 km2) of land and 0.980 square miles (2.54 km2) of water (15.26%).
Budd Lake
Budd Lake, which the community is named after, is the source of the South Branch Raritan River.
“Budd Lake, New Jersey” enters the record as census designated place in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Budd, Lake and Jersey can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1085173. VIAF identifies the subject as 132609994. The Library of Congress control number is n86114065. Authority coordinates are 40.873, -74.737. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2010 and 2000.
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