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Victory Gardens highlighted in Morris County. Inset map: Morris County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.

Victory Gardens is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,546. The borough is named for the victory gardens planted at private residences during World War II.

Victory Gardens was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 20, 1951, from portions of Randolph Township, subject to the results of a referendum passed on September 18, 1951.^[1]

Victory Gardens is located at 40°52′32″N, 74°32′40″W (40.875432, -74.544473)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²), all land.

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,546 people, 564 households, and 381 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,979.4/km² (10,582.6/mi²). There were 588 housing units at an average density of 1,513.5/km² (4,025.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 51.36% White, 21.41% African American, 0.06% Native American, 5.43% Asian, 15.27% from other races, and 6.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50.65% of the population.

15.27% of Victory Gardens residents identified themselves as being of Colombian American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States^[3].

There were 564 households out of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the borough the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 39.3% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $44,375, and the median income for a family was $43,594. Males had a median income of $32,841 versus $24,875 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $20,616. About 8.9% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

Victory Gardens is governed under the Borough system of municipal government. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.

The Mayor of Victory Gardens is Betty Simmons, whose term of office ends in 2007. Members of the Borough Council are John Cegelka (2007), Jeanette Cheatham (2006), David Holeman, Jr. (2008), Valerie Williams (2007) and Ginny Worthy (2006).^[4]

Victory Gardens is in the Eleventh Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 25th Legislative District.^[5]

New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District, covering western portions of Essex County, all of Morris County, and sections of Passaic County, Somerset County and Sussex County, is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 25th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Anthony Bucco (R, Denville) and in the Assembly by Michael Patrick Carroll (R, Morristown) and Richard A. Merkt (R, Randolph). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).

Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Morris County's Freeholders are: Margaret Nordstrom (Freeholder Director), John Inglesino (Freeholder Deputy Director), Douglas R. Cabana, Frank J. Druetzler, Cecilia G. Laureys, John J. Murphy, and Jack Schrier.

Victory Gardens is a non-operating school district. Students in grades K - 12 in Victory Gardens attend the Dover School District in Dover as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

• Victory Gardens Borough website
• Dover School District
• Dover School District's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Dover School District
• Regional area newspaper

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 40.875432° -74.544473°
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