Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Lafayette, New Jersey is in Sussex County, in the Skylands Region. It is named after the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), the French general and statesman who served in the Continental Army (1777-81) in the American Revolution. It is crossed by State Route 15, and is close to State Route 94. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.