Town file
Denville, New Jersey
Denville, New Jersey (Morris County, New Jersey) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 341, "Never Gonna Pig You Up" (1 December 2022). Denville, New Jersey, is a small township in Morris County, about 55 minutes from New York City, with a population of 16,362.
- Town
- Denville
- County
- Morris County
- State
- New Jersey
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 341
- Approximate location
- 40.888, -74.488
Episode 341 / 1 December 2022 / 167 min / full
Never Gonna Pig You Up
"This is in northwestern New Jersey up there... This is in Morris County, area code 973... the hub of Morris County." about 0:07:01
The case: Murder of Judith Novolino (June 19, 2010). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 16,362
- Median age
- 44
- Median household income
- $105,135 a year
- Median home value
- $439,600
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,926 a month
- Cost of living
- $128
- Religious
- 60%
- Property crime
- ▼ about half
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one third
History, in brief
- Researchers say the earliest European settling happened here about 1690. about 0:07:27
- The early settlers were Dutch and English from Long Island. about 0:07:37
- Quakers from Philadelphia also settled here. about 0:08:13
- Germans were among the settlers too. about 0:08:20
- William Penn and several others began taking surveys and staking out lands in the Denville area around 1715. about 0:08:31
- By 1730 settlers were putting up forges and mills along the Rockaway River. about 0:08:37
- The name Denville can be traced to a den of wild animals in the swampy regions along the Denbrook and Rockaway River, where the animals lay in the sun on a knoll jutting into the meadows and the local natives hunted them. about 0:09:08
- That den of wild animals is the basis for the names of both Denville and Denbrook. about 0:09:25
- Babe Ruth had a summer house in Denville and spent time there. about 0:09:43
- The oldest Jonas brother lives in Denville. about 0:10:04
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A wonderful, caring community with an amazing downtown of shops and eateries, residents who support each other and many activities for young and old; it has easy access to major highways and a train station, and in truth it has it all."about 0:10:39
5 stars
"It never gets too hot or too cold, thunderstorms are never severe enough to cause damage, natural disasters typically do not happen because the town is inland, spring rain is common, summer brings scattered thunderstorms and sun showers, autumn needs jeans and long sleeves, and recent winters have had only minor snowstorms."about 0:12:04
4 stars
"People in the area were raised like the reviewer and the reviewer feels able to connect with them."about 0:15:46
3 stars
"It has a lot of character, many restaurants, family-owned stores and kid-friendly neighbourhoods, but the downside is the amount of hate, people judging others on income and wealth, and a lot of unwritten and archived crime; overall the physical parts are pleasing."about 0:16:09
3 stars
"There are many places for employment: the mall, a nearby hospital, banks and the food industry."about 0:17:23
3 stars
"Hurricanes or blizzards happen on occasion, and it is best to prepare ahead of time for flooding and to have shovels."about 0:17:54
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Hanover Township, New Jersey5.7 miles
- Chatham Township, New Jersey12 miles
- Franklin, New Jersey16 miles
- Fair Lawn, New Jersey20 miles
- Garfield, New Jersey20 miles
- Ramsey, New Jersey21 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.