Your Guide to Buying a Home in Hopatcong, NJ

Buying a Home in Hopatcong, New Jersey

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Hopatcong is located in Sussex County

Hopatcong New Jersey is located in Sussex County approximately 28 miles from Wayne, 35 miles from Newark, and 53 miles from New York, NY.  The city is home to over 15,800 residents and covers approximately 11 square miles.

Hopatcong is along the western shore of Lake Hopatcong and was a well known hotel resort area in the 1880's due to the beautiful spring fed lake. The meaning of the name Lake Hopatcong is not certain while one thing of which we are sure is that "Hopatcong" does not mean "honey waters of many coves" or any similar derivative. This definition was invented at the turn of this century by individuals seeking to evoke a romantic image of Lake Hopatcong that would help to promote the developing tourist trade.

Lake Hopatcong's run as a major northeast hotel resort lasted from the 1880's through the Depression. Ultimately, the dreadful economy of the 1930's, the development of the automobile, which led people to seek more exotic destinations, and the onset of World War II led most of the Lake's hotels to close. With the 1960's and the gradual completion of Route 80, the Lake's evolution accelerated for all intent and purpose the Lake had become a residential community.

As with any resort, recreation played an important role in the Lake's development. Numerous clubs and organizations have operated on the Lake since the 1880's. The Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club opened its colonial clubhouse, which still stands, on Bertrand Island in 1910. Hopatcong's Maxim Park Yacht Club is long gone but its clubhouse still stands as a private home on Cow Tongue Point. The Garden State Yacht Club, in Hopatcong, started in an old lakeside mansion and one-time hotel. Unfortunately, fire stole that building but the Club rebuilt and occupies the same site on Point Pleasant.

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