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Borough
Entrance to the borough from Winding Way
Seal
Tavistock highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Tavistock, New Jersey
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Camden
Incorporated	February 16, 1921
Government
• Type	Walsh Act
• Body	Board of Commissioners
Area
• Total	0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2)
• Land	0.27 sq mi (0.71 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)  1.07%
Area rank	555th of 565 in state 34th of 37 in county
Elevation	46 ft (14 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	9
• Estimate  (2023)	7
• Rank	564th of 565 in state 37th of 37 in county
• Density	33.0/sq mi (12.7/km2)
• Density rank	558th of 565 in state 36th of 37 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08033 – Haddonfield
Area code(s)	856
FIPS code	3400772240
GNIS feature ID	0885416

Tavistock is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9, an increase of 4 (+80.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5, which in turn reflected a decline of 19 (−79.2%) from the 24 counted in the 2000 census. As of the 2010 Census it was the smallest municipality by population in New Jersey, with seven fewer residents than nearby Pine Valley, which had 12, while the 2020 census placed Tavistock as second-smallest by population, two more than Walpack Township, New Jersey, which had a population of 7.

Tavistock was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 16, 1921, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township. The name of the borough came from the estate in England of a family of early settlers.

The borough was formed in order to allow the members of Tavistock Country Club to play golf on Sundays by members of the Victor Talking Machine Company. This was prohibited at the Haddon Country Club which was governed by a local blue law prohibiting sporting activities on Sundays. Tavistock's secession from Haddonfield, New Jersey, the original site of the club, is said to have been driven by the fact that Haddonfield was (and remains) a dry borough, though Tavistock was formed in 1921 during Prohibition when liquor would have been banned. Members of the club included State Senator Joseph Wallworth and Assembly Speaker T. Harry Rowland, who helped push the bill that created the new municipality to unanimous approval in the New Jersey Legislature.

Geography

Gill Homestead in Tavistock in 1936

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.28 square miles (0.71 km²), including 0.27 square miles (0.71 km²) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01 km²) of water (1.07%).

The borough borders Barrington, Haddonfield, and Lawnside.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States Census counted 5 people in 3 households. Two households consisted of married couples and the third was a male over 65 years of age living alone. The population density was 19.7 per square mile (7.6/km2). The borough contained 3 housing units at an average density of 11.8 per square mile (4.6/km2). All residents were white. Two residents were aged 25 to 44 and three were older than 65. The median age was 66.3 years.

Due to the borough's population, the Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey did not include information about income and poverty for residents.

Education

Tavistock is a non-operating school district. Public school students in Tavistock are served by the Haddonfield Public Schools in the adjoining community of Haddonfield as part of a sending/receiving relationship. As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,749 students and 215.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Central Elementary School with 419 students in grades K–5, Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School with 367 students in grades K–5, J. Fithian Tatem Elementary School with 422 students in grades Pre-K–5, Haddonfield Middle School with 659 students in grades 6–8 and Haddonfield Memorial High School with 869 students in grades 9–12.

Transportation

The southbound New Jersey Turnpike in Tavistock

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 0.17 miles (0.27 km) of roadways, all of which is maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Interstate 295 passes through but the nearest interchange is immediately over the border in neighboring Haddonfield. The New Jersey Turnpike runs briefly through Tavistock, although the nearest exit is for Bellmawr and Runnemede. The road serving the borough's residences and the country club, Tavistock Lane, sits on the border of Tavistock and Haddonfield.

Public transportation

NJ Transit local bus service is available on the 451 route between Camden and the Lindenwold station.

Notable people

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

• John Aglialoro (born 1943), businessman and film producer
• Joan Carter (born 1943), businesswoman and philanthropist

See also

In Spanish: Tavistock (Nueva Jersey) para niños