Welcome to Denville ...

Denville is located in Morris County<1>.

The location of Denville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

Denville is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Denville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Denville: (973) and (862)<4>

Communities near Denville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Denville.

• Newark
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
• Paterson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
  • Paterson is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
• Clifton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
• Passaic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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  • Passaic is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
• East Orange
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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  • East Orange is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
• Plainfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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  • Plainfield is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
• Kearny
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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  • Kearny is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
• Garfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Garfield is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
• Westfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Westfield is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
• Ridgewood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
  • Ridgewood is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Denville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Denville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Denville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Denville. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Denville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denville ...

Looking for more information about Denville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Denville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Denville.

Adding Denville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Denville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Denville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Denville post office opened in 1828.

We also found Denville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Denville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Morris County: www.co.morris.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/