Rockaway Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 24,156, reflecting an increase of 1,226 from the 22,930 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,358 from the 19,572 counted in the 1990 Census.Rockaway Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1844, from portions of Hanover Township and Pequannock Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Rockaway Borough , Port Oram and Denville Township . Portions of the township were annexed to Boonton Township in 1906 and to Rockaway Borough in 1908.The township shares its name with the Rockaway River and the neighboring borough. The name is derived from a Native American term, variously said to mean place of sands, creek between two hills or bushy / difficult to cross.A large part of the township consists of Picatinny Arsenal, a United States Army base that covers nearly 6,500 acres of the township , used mainly for the development of new weapons technologies, especially concerning anti-terrorism.
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