Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Roxbury Township, NJ: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Roxbury Township is Netcong Recycling Depot, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Roxbury Township has a train station, Lake Hopatcong.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Roxbury Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Roxbury Township.
Power comes from JCP&L
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Roxbury Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 9% of JCP&L’s home customers do, and JCP&L still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Nj American Water - Roxbury
Nj American Water - Roxbury supplies Roxbury Township: about 58% of residents live in its service area. Roxbury Twp W Dept-Shore serves another 21%. Roxbury Twp W Dept-Sky V serves another 20%. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 11,793 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 87% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NJ1436002.
4 home internet providers serve Roxbury Township
96% of 7,768 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 73% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 68% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 54% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 53% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Roxbury Township depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Roxbury Township, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on roxburynj.us
- Bulky itemsCall to book, Thu
Roxbury Township Recycling Center
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum cans
- Steel/tin cans
- Newspapers
- Junk mail
From roxburynj.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Roxbury Township is in Roxbury Township School District.
B−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Roxbury Township spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Roxbury Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Roxbury Township | ZIP’s residents in Roxbury Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07876 | Succasunna, NJ | 45% | 100% |
| 07850 | Landing, NJ | 22% | 81% |
| 07852 | Ledgewood, NJ | 16% | 100% |
| 07847 | Kenvil, NJ | 8% | 100% |
| 07836 | Flanders, NJ | 6% | 10% |
| 07885 | Wharton, NJ | 3% | 6% |
A few homes fall in 07856, 07857.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Roxbury Township
Who supplies Roxbury Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Nj American Water - Roxbury (EPA ID NJ1436002). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Roxbury Township?
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Roxbury Township?
Optimum, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Roxbury Township?
07876 (45%), 07850 (22%), 07852 (16%), 07847 (8%), 07836 (6%), 07885 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Roxbury Township in?
Roxbury Township School District.
How do I register to vote in Roxbury Township?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Morris County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Roxbury Township’s own website (roxburynj.us), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.