Vienna, New Jersey


Vienna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Independence Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, that was created as part of the 2010 United States Census. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP's population was 981.
Through the 2000 United States Census, the CDP was combined as part of Great Meadows-Vienna. Effective with the 2010 Census, the CDP was split into its two components, Great Meadows and Vienna. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population of the combined Great Meadows-Vienna CDP was 1,264.

History

The settlement was first called "Cumminstown", named for the Cummins family, early settlers who had purchased land in the area in 1755 and remained in the area until 1880.
Around 1828, the settlement's name was changed to Vienna after the city in Austria, the home country of the Cummins family. A Christian church was organized in Vienna in 1839.
By 1882, the population had grown to 450, at which time Vienna had a post office, hotel, chair factory, foundry, and a "large local trade".

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.933 square miles, including 2.922 square miles of land and 0.011 square miles of water.

Demographics

Census 2010