Green Village is an unincorporated community located within portions of both Harding Township and Chatham Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It is located just north of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. It is named after Ashbel Green, former president of Princeton University.Green Village has its own post office and fire department, as well as a plant nursery known as the Farm, a deli, a Methodist church, and a gas station.Green Village principally consists of three streets, namely Green Village Road, Meyersville Road and Britten Road. Subject to an ongoing surveying controversy it may include a portion of Woodland Road.EducationStudents attend schools in either Harding Township or Chatham, depending on which side of Green Village they live in.Green Village Fire DepartmentPrior to 1922, the Madison Fire Company responded to fire alarms in the Green Village area. In March 1922 a formal meeting was held in the school house, now the Green Village Deli. Chief Philhower of the Madison Fire Company explained the requirements and responsibilities of a volunteer fire company and gave advice on how to organize one. Papers of incorporation were drawn up and signed by the men present at the meeting, thus becoming charter members of the company. The certificate of incorporation was issued on April 17, 1922.
