Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

About Lake Hiawatha

Set in the northern part of New Jersey, Lake Hiawatha is a small unincorporated community.

Lake Hiawatha holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.1 square miles.

📰 Lake Hiawatha News Today

• Neena Bhalla Obituary | S.J. PRIOLA PARSIPPANY FUNERAL SERVICE | Lake Hiawatha, NJ Tribute Archive · Aug 16
• Mary Timmermans Obituary (2026) - Lake Hiawatha, NJ NJ.com · Aug 12
• Building in Knoll Gardens 'uninhabitable' after a structure fire broke out in a crawl space, tenants in 12 units displaced newjerseyhills.com · May 21
• Fire Displaces Residents at Knoll Gardens Apartment Building in Lake Hiawatha Parsippany Focus · May 23
• New Cafe Brings Italian Flavor To Lake Hiawatha Patch · Jan 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Lake Hiawatha Unique

• The only place in America named Lake Hiawatha — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Lake Hiawatha

• Bollywood Grill — indian
• Howard's Mediterranean Cafe & Catering — mediterranean (café)
• IHOP — breakfast
• Parsippany's Best Pizza — pizza
• Phở Bình Dương — vietnamese
• Delicious and Best — chinese
• Honest — indian
• Jasper Chinese Restaurant
• Joe's Pizzeria — pizza
• La Plancha — latin american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lake Hiawatha

• Chief Hiawatha Park reviews ★
• Druid Hill Park reviews ★
• Fletcher Park reviews ★
• Knoll Park reviews ★
• Lake Hiawatha Park reviews ★
• REC Soccer Field reviews ★
• Volunteers Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Lake Hiawatha

• Knollwood Elementary School
• Lake Hiawatha Elementary School
• Montville Township High School
• Robert R Lazar Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Lake Hiawatha

🏘️ Nearby Communities