Cedarville, New Jersey facts for kids
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Cedarville, New Jersey
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Map of Cedarville, highlighted within Cumberland County. Right: Location of Cumberland County in New Jersey.
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 Cedarville, New Jersey
Location in Cumberland County, New Jersey
Cedarville, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Cedarville, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Cumberland |
| Township | Lawrence |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.28 sq mi (5.91 km2) |
| • Land | 2.24 sq mi (5.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) 1.81% |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 702 |
| • Density | 313.25/sq mi (120.95/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code |
08311
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| Area code(s) | 856 |
| FIPS code | 34-11410 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2389294 |
Cedarville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lawrence Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 702.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.277 square miles (5.90 km2), including 2.236 square miles (5.79 km2) of land and 0.041 square miles (0.11 km2) of water (1.81%).
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2000 | 776 | — | |
| 2010 | 793 | 2.2% | |
| 2020 | 702 | −11.5% | |
| Population sources: 2000 2010 2020 |
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2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 776 people, 275 households, and 189 families in the CDP. The population density was 347.1 people per square mile (134.0 people/km2). There were 300 housing units at an average density of 134.2 units per square mile (51.8 units/km2). The racial makeup was 79.77% (619) White, 10.05% (78) Black or African American, 1.29% (10) Native American, 0.39% (3) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 5.67% (44) from other races, and 2.84% (22) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.05% (78) of the population.
Of the 275 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18; 52.0% were married couples living together; 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.3% were non-families. Of all households, 24.7% were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.30.
25.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 95.6 males.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cedarville include:
- Mercedes Mota (1880–1964) educator, writer, developed public education in the Dominican Republic with her sister Antera Mota y Reyes. Attended Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, NY 1901) as the bearer of a message about Dominican women. A brief dissertation on the feminine intellectual life in Santo Domingo, and her words aroused great interest. She was only a little over twenty years old. After raising her nieces and nephews in New York City, she lived in Cedarville from the 1940s until her death.
- Ephraim Bateman (1780–1829) represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1826 to 1829 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1823.
- Benjamin Franklin Howell (1844–1933) represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1895 to 1911.
- Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878–1937), neurologist who described hepatolenticular degeneration, a copper metabolism disorder affecting the liver and central nervous system, that would later be called Wilson's disease.
See also
In Spanish: Cedarville (Nueva Jersey) para niños
