The Cut-Off was part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's mainline from Hoboken, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York. In 1911, the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line opened through Byram Township, with a station stop near the current Forest Lakes neighborhood. The 1853 Roseville Schoolhouse was moved from its original location on Lackawanna Drive to Mansfield Drive, reopening in September 1986 as the Roseville Schoolhouse Museum. The Lockwood Cemetery, established around 1818, consists of about 30 gravestones and the remnants of a church's foundation. The town's oldest structure, the 1802 Leport House, stands by the Byram General Store on Sparta-Stanhope Road. There are many historical sites located in Byram. Portions of the township have been taken to form Sparta Township (April 14, 1845), Brooklyn borough (March 24, 1898, now called Hopatcong) and Stanhope borough (March 24, 1904). In 1829, a section of Green Township was incorporated into the township. Before being named Byram, the community had been called Lockwood, and the Lockwood Tavern continued to hold this original name until its demolition in 2015. Patriarch Jephthah Byram and his family, were believed to have emigrated to the area after the American Revolutionary War. The township was named for the Byram family, who were early settlers in the area. History īyram Township was created by an act by the New Jersey General Assembly on February 5, 1798, from portions of the now-defunct Newton Township, and was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships.

The municipality is known as the 'Township of Lakes', as there are roughly two dozen lakes and ponds within its borders. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,028, a decrease of 322 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 8,350, which in turn reflected an increase of 96 (+1.2%) from the 8,254 counted in the 2000 census. Byram Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S.

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