The settlement was first called "Cumminstown", named for the Cummins family, early settlers who had purchased land in the area in 1755 and remained in the area until 1880.[17]
Around 1828, the settlement's name was changed to Vienna after the city in Austria, the home country of the Cummins family. A Christian church was organized in Vienna in 1839.[18]
By 1882, the population had grown to 450, at which time Vienna had a post office, hotel, chair factory, foundry, and a "large local trade".[19]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.933 square miles (7.598 km2), including 2.922 square miles (7.569 km2) of land and 0.011 square miles (0.029 km2) of water (0.38%).[1][2]
Of the 331 households, 38.4% had children under the age of 18; 69.5% were married couples living together; 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 18.4% were non-families. Of all households, 15.1% were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.28.[14]
26.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 35.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 108.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 105.1 males.[14]
^Cummins, George Wyckoff. History of Warren County, New Jersey, p. 138. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. Accessed December 21, 2014. "Christeon Cummins arrived at Philadelphia in 1741, and in 1755 bought 150 acres of land east of Asbury. This is the original seat of this branch of the Cummins family in Warren county, and the property remained in possession of some member of the family for a century and a quarter, or until Wesley Cummins sold it about 1880.... Four of his children—Christeon, Philip, John F. and Mrs. George Beatty - settled at Cumminstown, now Vienna."
^Cummins, George Wyckoff. History of Warren County, New Jersey, p. 276. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. Accessed December 21, 2014. "Four of the children of Christeon Cummins settled at what is now Vienna, New Jersey, so it is little to be wondered at that the place was called Cumminstown until about 1828, when it was changed to Vienna, in honor of the capital of Austria, the country from which Christepn Cummins came in 1741."
^Industries of New Jersey, p. 131. Historical Publishing Company, 1882. Accessed December 21, 2014. "Vienna (Warren co.), a post village with a population of about 450, on the Request River, and 3 miles w.n.w. of Hackettstown, having a large local trade, a foundry, a chair factory, a hotel, etc."
