Bordentown Township, New Jersey facts for kids
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Bordentown Township, New Jersey
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U.S. Route 206 northbound in Bordentown Township
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Location of Bordentown Township in Burlington County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Burlington County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left).
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Census Bureau map of Bordentown Township, New Jersey
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 Bordentown Township, New Jersey
Location in Burlington County, New Jersey
Bordentown Township, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Bordentown Township, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  New Jersey |
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| County | Burlington | |
| Incorporated | March 8, 1852 | |
| Named for | Joseph Borden | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Township | |
| • Body | Township Committee | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 9.28 sq mi (24.02 km2) | |
| • Land | 8.66 sq mi (22.44 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2) 6.59% | |
| Area rank | 216th of 565 in state 21st of 40 in county |
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| Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) | |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 11,791 | |
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12,038 | |
| • Rank | 214th of 565 in state 13th of 40 in county |
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| • Density | 1,361.1/sq mi (525.5/km2) | |
| • Density rank | 350th of 565 in state 21st of 40 in county |
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| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) | |
| ZIP Code |
08505
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| Area code(s) | 609 | |
| FIPS code | 3400506700 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882110 | |
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Bordentown Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 11,791, an increase of 424 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 11,367, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,987 (+35.6%) from the 8,380 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Bordentown was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1852, from portions of Chesterfield Township and Mansfield Township, based on the results of a referendum held that same day. Bordentown city separated from the township in 1877 and Fieldsboro became fully independent in 1894 The township was named for founder Joseph Borden.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 9.28 square miles (24.02 km2), including 8.66 square miles (22.44 km2) of land and 0.61 square miles (1.58 km2) of water (6.59%).
The township borders Bordentown City, Chesterfield Township, Fieldsboro, Florence Township and Mansfield Township in Burlington County; Hamilton Township in Mercer County; and Falls Township across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.
Crosswicks Creek and its juncture with the Delaware River, otherwise known as the Trenton-Hamilton Marsh, is a significant ecosystem and, with the peninsula of land and waterways to the northwest of Bordentown Township known, respectively, as Duck Island, Duck Creek and the Delaware and Raritan Canal, it is protected by the State of New Jersey as the Duck Island Recreation Area.
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bossert Estates, Dunns Mill and Newbold Island.
The former 40-acre (16 ha) Parklands dump brownfield site is being transformed to a solar array by PSE&G as part of a project that began in 2014.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 4,027 | — | |
| 1870 | 6,041 | * | 50.0% |
| 1880 | 1,076 | −82.2% | |
| 1890 | 858 | −20.3% | |
| 1900 | 488 | * | −43.1% |
| 1910 | 608 | 24.6% | |
| 1920 | 596 | −2.0% | |
| 1930 | 818 | 37.2% | |
| 1940 | 1,095 | 33.9% | |
| 1950 | 2,033 | 85.7% | |
| 1960 | 5,936 | 192.0% | |
| 1970 | 7,303 | 23.0% | |
| 1980 | 7,170 | −1.8% | |
| 1990 | 7,683 | 7.2% | |
| 2000 | 8,380 | 9.1% | |
| 2010 | 11,367 | 35.6% | |
| 2020 | 11,791 | 3.7% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 12,038 | 5.9% | |
| Population sources: 1860–2000 1860–1920 1860–1870 1870 1880–1890 1890–1910 1910–1930 1940–2000 2000 2010 2020 * = Lost territory in previous decade. |
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2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 11,367 people, 4,173 households, and 3,096 families in the township. The population density was 1,335.0 per square mile (515.4/km2). There were 4,360 housing units at an average density of 512.1 per square mile (197.7/km2). The racial makeup was 74.38% (8,455) White, 10.70% (1,216) Black or African American, 0.26% (30) Native American, 10.57% (1,201) Asian, 0.06% (7) Pacific Islander, 1.58% (180) from other races, and 2.45% (278) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.02% (684) of the population.
Of the 4,173 households, 36.6% had children under the age of 18; 58.1% were married couples living together; 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.8% were non-families. Of all households, 20.9% were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.13.
26.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.9 males.
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $80,860 (with a margin of error of +/− $4,727) and the median family income was $97,346 (+/− $8,031). Males had a median income of $60,690 (+/− $3,155) versus $52,076 (+/− $4,827) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $35,276 (+/− $1,638). About 1.7% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade attend the schools of the Bordentown Regional School District, which serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,373 students and 194.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Clara Barton Elementary School with 235 students in grades K–2 (generally serves Bordentown City and the Holloway Meadows section of Bordentown Township), Peter Muschal Elementary School with 522 students in grades Pre-K–5 (generally serves remainder of Bordentown Township and the Borough of Fieldsboro), MacFarland Intermediate School with 243 students in grades 3–5, Bordentown Regional Middle School with 576 students in grades 6–8 and Bordentown Regional High School with 766 students in grades 9–12. The district's board of education is comprised of nine members, who are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. The board's nine seats are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Bordentown Township.
The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown area) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to Bordentown Regional High School on a tuition basis for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship that has been in place since the 1960s, with about 50 students from the New Hanover district being sent to the high school. As of 2011, the New Hanover district was considering expansion of its relationship to send students to Bordentown for middle school for grades 6–8.
Students from Bordentown Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton Township.
Transportation
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 55.42 miles (89.19 km) of roadways, of which 37.34 miles (60.09 km) were maintained by the municipality, 5.05 miles (8.13 km) by Burlington County, 10.87 miles (17.49 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 2.16 miles (3.48 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 are the two limited-access highways traversing the township. I-95 follows the New Jersey Turnpike through Bordentown Township, stretching along a southwest to northeast alignment for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) from Mansfield Township in the south to Chesterfield Township on the township's eastern border. Interstate 295 follows a similar alignment to the northwest of I-95, extending from Mansfield Township on the southwest to Hamilton Township in the north.
U.S. Route 130 and U.S. Route 206 are the primary surface highways traversing the township. US 206 has an interchange with I-95 (NJ Turnpike Exit 7), while US 130 has an interchange with I-295 (Exit 57). The two U.S. Highways also share a brief concurrency within the township boundaries where they intersect.
Public transportation
NJ Transit offers light rail service at the Bordentown station at Park Street on the River Line between the Trenton Rail Station and the Walter Rand Transportation Center (and other stops) in Camden.
NJ Transit provides bus service in the township between Trenton and Philadelphia on the 409 route.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bordentown Township include:
- Andy Kim (born 1982), politician and former diplomat serving as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
- Julia Reichert (1946–2022), Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, activist, and feminist
