New Hanover Township, New Jersey facts for kids
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New Hanover Township, New Jersey
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Township
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Cookstown, an unincorporated community within New Hanover Township
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New Hanover Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
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 New Hanover Township, New Jersey
Location in Burlington County, New Jersey
New Hanover Township, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
New Hanover Township, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County |  Burlington |
| Royal charter | December 2, 1723 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.56 sq mi (58.42 km2) |
| • Land | 22.33 sq mi (57.84 km2) |
| • Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2) 0.99% |
| Area rank | 122nd of 565 in state 11th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 6,367 |
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(2023)
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6,348 |
| • Rank | 333rd of 565 in state 26th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 285.1/sq mi (110.1/km2) |
| • Density rank | 480th of 565 in state 33rd of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code |
08511 – Cookstown
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| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400551510 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882088 |
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New Hanover 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 6,367, a decrease of 1,018 (−13.8%) from the 2010 census count of 7,385, which in turn reflected decline of 2,359 (−24.2%) from the 9,744 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.
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History
New Hanover was originally formed by Royal charter on December 2, 1723, from portions of Chesterfield Township and Springfield Township. New Hanover was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Pemberton borough (December 15, 1826), Pemberton Township (March 10, 1846), North Hanover Township (April 12, 1905) and Wrightstown (March 4, 1918).
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 22.56 square miles (58.42 km2), including 22.33 square miles (57.84 km2) of land and 0.22 square miles (0.58 km2) of water (0.99%).
Fort Dix is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) with a total 2010 Census population of 7,716 located in portions of New Hanover Township (5,951 of the total), Pemberton Township (1,765 of CDP's residents) and Springfield Township (with no residents in the CDP). McGuire AFB CDP is a CDP with a 2010 population of 3,710 located in portions of New Hanover Township (737 of the total) and North Hanover Township (2,973).
Cookstown is a small unincorporated community located near Fort Dix. Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Cranberry Hall, Cranbury Park, Fountain Green, Lewistown, Mahalala, Pointville, Shreve and Taylors Mountain.
The township borders North Hanover Township, Pemberton Township and Wrightstown in Burlington County; and Plumsted Township in Ocean County.
The township 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. Part of the township is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Burlington County, along with areas in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1810 | 2,536 | — | |
| 1820 | 2,642 | 4.2% | |
| 1830 | 2,859 | * | 8.2% |
| 1840 | 3,045 | 6.5% | |
| 1850 | 2,245 | * | −26.3% |
| 1860 | 2,526 | 12.5% | |
| 1870 | 2,536 | 0.4% | |
| 1880 | 2,373 | −6.4% | |
| 1890 | 1,962 | −17.3% | |
| 1900 | 1,847 | * | −5.9% |
| 1910 | 948 | −48.7% | |
| 1920 | 5,606 | * | 491.4% |
| 1930 | 646 | −88.5% | |
| 1940 | 983 | 52.2% | |
| 1950 | 18,168 | 1,748.2% | |
| 1960 | 28,528 | 57.0% | |
| 1970 | 27,410 | −3.9% | |
| 1980 | 14,258 | −48.0% | |
| 1990 | 9,546 | −33.0% | |
| 2000 | 9,744 | 2.1% | |
| 2010 | 7,385 | −24.2% | |
| 2020 | 6,367 | −13.8% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 6,348 | −14.0% | |
| Population sources: 1800–2000 1800–1920 1840 1850–1870 1850 1870 1880–1890 1890–1910 1910–1930 1940–2000 2000 2010 2020 * = Lost territory in previous decade. 1920 data includes 5,018 in Camp Dix. |
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2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 7,385 people, 551 households, and 441 families in the township. The population density was 333.0 per square mile (128.6/km2). There were 613 housing units at an average density of 27.6 per square mile (10.7/km2). The racial makeup was 54.06% (3,992) White, 33.57% (2,479) Black or African American, 0.65% (48) Native American, 2.04% (151) Asian, 0.08% (6) Pacific Islander, 6.24% (461) from other races, and 3.36% (248) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.96% (1,548) of the population.
Of the 551 households, 50.8% had children under the age of 18; 67.2% were married couples living together; 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 20.0% were non-families. Of all households, 16.7% were made up of individuals and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.50.
7.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 46.7% from 25 to 44, 34.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 624.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 830.1 males.
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $63,796 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,062) and the median family income was $61,083 (+/− $9,842). Males had a median income of $33,368 (+/− $5,196) versus $38,977 (+/− $6,300) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,387 (+/− $1,620). About 0.7% of families and 0.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Non-military area Public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade attend the New Hanover Township School, which serves students from both New Hanover Township and Wrightstown as part of the New Hanover Township School District; portions on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst have separate school zoning. Students living on the base have choices of three school districts, none of them being New Hanover schools.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the New Hanover district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 177 students and 23.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5:1. In the 2016–2017 school year, the district had the 40th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.
For ninth through twelfth grades, students from both New Hanover Township (non-military area) and Wrightstown attend Bordentown Regional High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bordentown Regional School District, a regional K–12 school district that serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 770 students and 53.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
Students from New Hanover 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
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Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 24.13 miles (38.83 km) of roadways, of which 13.11 miles (21.10 km) were maintained by the municipality, 10.70 miles (17.22 km) by Burlington County and 0.32 miles (0.51 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
New Jersey Route 68 reaches its southern terminus in New Hanover Township. County Route 545 has a gap in New Hanover due to the restricted area on the Fort Dix entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service in the township on the 317 route between Asbury Park and Philadelphia.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with New Hanover Township include:
- Edward Settle Godfrey (1843–1932), United States Army Brigadier General who received the Medal of Honor for leadership as a captain during the Indian Wars
See also
In Spanish: Municipio de New Hanover (Nueva Jersey) para niños
