[23][24][25] Patriarch Jephthah Byram and his family, were believed to have emigrated to the area after the American Revolutionary War.

The town's oldest structure, the 1802 Leport House, stands by the Byram General Store on Sparta-Stanhope Road.

[26] The Lockwood Cemetery, established around 1818, consists of about 30 gravestones and the remnants of a church's foundation.

[27][28] In 1911, the Lackawanna Cut-Off rail line opened through Byram Township, with a station stop near the current Forest Lakes neighborhood.

The Cut-Off was part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's mainline from Hoboken, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York.

There is a proposal to reactivate passenger service via NJ Transit in the future, with work underway at the Roseville Tunnel.

The southeastern corner is created by an intersection between Roseville Road and the Lackawanna Cut-off.

This cut as it exists today, is water-filled, with vertical walls as much as 80 to 90 feet (24 to 27 m) high.

[38][39] The 2010 United States census counted 8,350 people, 2,926 households, and 2,361 families in the township.

[51] As of the 2000 United States census[17] there were 8,254 people, 2,833 households, and 2,317 families residing in the township.

Trail users can explore the route once used by steam locomotives and long freight trains.

[53] The township has several municipal parks:[54] Wild West City is a Dodge City-styled theme park located on County Route 607 (Lackawanna Drive) Waterloo Village used to exhibit many time periods from a 400-year-old Lenape (Delaware) Native American village to a bustling port along the once prosperous Morris Canal.

The early 19th-century village contained a working mill with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, a blacksmith shop and restored houses.

Waterloo Village was shut down to preserve the artifacts inside, though plans have been made to restore the buildings on the site.

[58] Cranberry Lake is bordered on the east by U.S. Route 206 and the Sussex Branch Trail.

The local community is bordered on the north and south by Allamuchy Mountain State Park.

The Cranberry Lake footbridge, one of the oldest pedestrian footbridges in NJ[59] transverses the lake from east to west and connects the west shore of the community with the Sussex Branch Trail.

[64][65] As of 2024[update], the Mayor of Byram Township is Alexander Rubenstein, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2025.

"Cris" Franco (2027), John M. "Jack" Gallagher Jr. (2027), Richard Proctor (2027) and Harvey S. Roseff (2025).

[70][71][72] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 7th congressional district is represented by Thomas Kean Jr. (R, Westfield).

[74] For the 2024-2025 session, the 24th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Parker Space (R, Wantage Township) and in the General Assembly by Dawn Fantasia (R, Franklin) and Mike Inganamort (R, Chester Township).

At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects a Commissioner Director and Deputy Director from among its members, with day-to-day supervision of the operation of the county delegated to a County Administrator.

[86] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 69.5% (vs. 65.8% in Sussex County) were registered to vote, including 93.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 86.5% countywide).

[105][106][107] For public school students in ninth through twelfth grades, the township shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which also serves Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Stanhope.