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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Atlantic
Incorporated	May 23, 1906
Named for	Frances Folsom
Government
• Type	Borough
• Body	Borough Council
Area
• Total	8.51 sq mi (22.04 km2)
• Land	8.26 sq mi (21.40 km2)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.63 km2)  2.88%
Area rank	226th of 565 in state 14th of 23 in county
Elevation	56 ft (17 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,811
• Estimate  (2023)	1,813
• Rank	494th of 565 in state 19th of 23 in county
• Density	219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2)
• Density rank	499th of 565 in state 18th of 23 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08037
Area code(s)	609 exchanges: 561, 567, 704
FIPS code	3400123940
GNIS feature ID	0885222
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Folsom is a borough in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,811, a decrease of 74 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 1,885, which in turn reflected a decline of 87 (−4.4%) from the 1,972 counted in the 2000 census.

Folsom was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 23, 1906, from portions of Buena Vista Township. The borough was named for Frances Folsom, wife of President Grover Cleveland.

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Folsom as its 19th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 8.51 square miles (22.04 km²), including 8.26 square miles (21.40 km²) of land and 0.25 square miles (0.63 km²) of water (2.88%).

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Penny Pot.

Folsom borders the municipalities of Buena Vista Township, Hamilton Township, and Hammonton in Atlantic County; Winslow Township in Camden County; and Monroe Township in Gloucester County.

The borough is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, a protected natural area of unique ecology covering 1,100,000 acres (450,000 ha), that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation's first National Reserve. All of the borough is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Atlantic County, along with areas in Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 1,885 people, 688 households, and 526 families in the borough. The population density was 229.8 per square mile (88.7/km²). There were 717 housing units at an average density of 87.4 per square mile (33.7/km²). The racial makeup was 90.93% (1,714) White, 4.19% (79) Black or African American, 0.16% (3) Native American, 0.85% (16) Asian, 0.16% (3) Pacific Islander, 1.86% (35) from other races, and 1.86% (35) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.74% (127) of the population.

Of the 688 households, 28.2% had children under the age of 18; 60.5% were married couples living together; 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.5% were non-families. Of all households, 17.4% 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 2.73 and the average family size was 3.08.

22.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 96.7 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $65,795 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,755) and the median family income was $67,778 (+/− $7,595). Males had a median income of $50,192 (+/− $6,784) versus $36,471 (+/− $4,204) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $29,446 (+/− $2,979). About 3.2% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Folsom Borough School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Folsom School. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 384 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Hammonton High School, in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools, alongside students from Waterford Township, who attend for grades 7-12 as part of an agreement with the Waterford Township School District. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,357 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1.

Resident students are also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township or the Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts, located in Somers Point.

Transportation

U.S. Route 322 (Black Horse Pike) eastbound in Folsom

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 27.69 miles (44.56 km) of roadways, of which 17.32 miles (27.87 km) were maintained by the municipality, 4.00 miles (6.44 km) by Atlantic County and 6.37 miles (10.25 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Three significant highways directly serve Folsom. U.S. Route 322 follows the Black Horse Pike across the borough from northwest to southeast, connecting Folsom to Monroe Township and Hamilton Township. New Jersey Route 54 is oriented northeast to southwest across the borough, linking Folsom with Hammonton and Buena Vista Township. New Jersey Route 73 heads north from U.S. Route 322, briefly clipping Hammonton before entering Winslow Township.

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides bus service on the 315 route that runs between Cape May and Philadelphia.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Folsom include:

• Jimmy Horton (born 1956), race car driver
• Kenneth LeFevre (born 1945), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2002
• E. B. Lewis (born 1956), illustrator who won the 2006 Charlotte Zolotow Award for his illustrations of My Best Friend by Mary Ann Rodman
• Elizabeth Eckhardt May (1899–1996), home economist, educator and college administrator.
• G. R. Smith (born 1981), professional Dirt Late Model driver and team owner who has previously raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series

See also

In Spanish: Folsom (Nueva Jersey) para niños