Port Murray, New Jersey
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Port Murray is an unincorporated area within Mansfield Township
Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,653 people, 2,334 households, and 1,750 families residing in the township. The population density was 222.3 people per square mile . There were 2,415 housing units at an average density of 80.7 per square mile...

 in Warren County
Warren County, New Jersey
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 108,692. Its county seat is Belvidere...

, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
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. The area is served as United States Postal Service
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 ZIP code
ZIP Code
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 07865. The town was named for its location on the Morris Canal and after Colonel James Boyles Murray, the third president of the Morris Canal and Banking Company.

As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Area
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 07865 was 2,010.

Transportation

Port Murray had a station on the Morris and Essex Railroad
Morris and Essex Railroad
The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.-History:...

, located 67 miles from New York City
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