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Township in Morris County, New Jersey, US

Roxbury is a township in southwestern Morris County, in the U. S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,950, The township is located approximately 36 mile (58 km) west northwest of New York City, 27 mile (43 km) west northwest of Newark, New Jersey and 26 mile (42 km) east of the Delaware Water Gap on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Roxbury was formed on December 24, 1740, from portions of Morris Township. It was formally incorporated by the Township Act of 1798 of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as part of the state's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Mendham Township (March 29, 1749), Washington Township (April 2, 1798), Chester Township (April 1, 1799), Jefferson Township (February 11, 1804), Mount Olive Township (March 22, 1871), Mount Arlington (November 3, 1890) and Netcong (October 23, 1894). Tom's Diner was featured in the music video from Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 21.98 square miles (56.93 km2), including 20.85 square miles (54.01 km2) of land and 1.13 square miles (2.93 km2) of water (5.14%). ), Landing, Ledgewood, Lower Berkshire Valley, Port Morris, and Succasunna (2010 Census population of 9,152) are unincorporated communities and census designated places (CDPs) within the township. Previously, as of the 2000 United States Census, the Succasunna and Kenvil communities had been consolidated as Succasunna Kenvil,

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Baker Mill Pond, Bertrand Island, Carys, Lake Junction, Lake Rogerene, Port Morris Landing, Rustic and Shippenport. Roxbury borders the municipalities of Chester Township, Jefferson Township, Mine Hill Township, Mount Arlington, Mount Olive Township, Netcong, Randolph Township, Wharton in Morris County; and both Hopatcong and Stanhope in Sussex County.

The 2010 United States census counted 23,324 people, 8,292 households, and 6,484 families in the township. The population density was There were 8,582 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup was 88.21% (20,573) White, 2.34% (546) Black or African American, 0.09% (22) Native American, 5.77% (1,346) Asian, 0.05% (12) Pacific Islander, 1.55% (362) from other races, and 1.99% (463) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.93% (2,083) of the population.

Ledgewood Mall (with a gross leasable area of ) and Roxbury Mall (with a GLA of ) are regional shopping malls located within the township.

Roxbury operates under the Council Manager form of Government under the Faulkner Act. The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The Township Council is comprised of seven elected officials, with three seats elected from the entire township at large and one elected from each of the four wards. Council members are elected for four year terms on a staggered basis in partisan elections held in odd numbered years, with the three at large seats selected together and the four ward seats up for election at the same time two years later. The mayor and deputy mayor are chosen from within the council by the members of the council at a reorganization meeting held each year during the first week in January to serve one year terms of office. The manager is responsible for the day to day operations associated with all municipal activities. The manager directs, administers and coordinates the activities of the municipality in full support of policies, goals and objectives established by the governing body. as of 2023, the members of Roxbury's Township Council are Mayor Jim Rilee (R, term on council ends December 31, 2025 / term as mayor ends 2023; at large), Deputy Mayor Jacqueline "Jaki" Albrect (R, term on council and as deputy mayor ends 2023; Ward 2), Tom Carey (R, 2023; Ward 4), Mark Crowley (R, 2025; at large), Robert DeFillippo (R, 2025; at large), Fred Hall (R, 2023; Ward 3) and Shawn Potillo (R, 2023; Ward 1 – elected to serve an unexpired term). In April 2021, the Township Council selected Shawn Potillo from a list of three candidates submitted by the Republican municipal committee to the fill the Ward 1 council seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Richard Zoschak until his death the previous month. Potillo served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.

Roxbury is located in the 7th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 24th state legislative district.

As of March 2011, there were a total of 15,471 registered voters in Roxbury, of which 3,010 (19.5%) were registered as Democrats, 5,307 (34.3%) were registered as Republicans and 7,145 (46.2%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 9 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 59.9% of the vote (6,536 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 39.2% (4,282 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (100 votes), among the 10,996 ballots cast by the township's 16,262 registered voters (78 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 67.6%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 58.3% of the vote (7,182 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 40.2% (4,952 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (112 votes), among the 12,321 ballots cast by the township's 15,934 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.3%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 61.5% of the vote (7,270 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 37.3% (4,411 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (113 votes), among the 11,816 ballots cast by the township's 15,469 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.4. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 69.9% of the vote (4,996 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 27.9% (1,996 votes), and other candidates with 2.2% (154 votes), among the 7,267 ballots cast by the township's 16,060 registered voters (121 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 45.2%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 65.3% of the vote (5,306 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 25.6% (2,081 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.0% (646 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (45 votes), among the 8,120 ballots cast by the township's 15,686 registered voters, yielding a 51.8% turnout.

as of 2010, the township had a total of 133.66 mile (215 km) of roadways, of which 107.03 mile (172 km) were maintained by the municipality, 13.91 mile (22 km) by Morris County and 12.72 mile (20 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Interstate 80, U. S. Route 46, U. S. Route 206, Route 10 and Route 183 all pass through the township.

The NJ Transit Lake Hopatcong station is served by the Morris & Essex Lines and the Montclair Boonton Line, with service to Hoboken Terminal or to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct which requires a transfer at Dover or Montclair State University. Morristown & Erie Railway's Chester Branch and High Bridge Branch freight lines run through the township on weekdays. Port Morris was the starting point for the Lackawanna Cut Off, an engineering marvel constructed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad between 1908 and 1911. NJ Transit is considering plans to restore passenger service on the route between the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and Hoboken Terminal. NJ Transit provides limited local bus service on the 875 route between the Ledgewood Mall, Dover and Morristown. Lakeland Bus Lines stops in the Landing section of the township providing service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

Tom's Diner was featured in the music video from Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper. Constructed in the 1940s, the long derelict diner was demolished in 2021.