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Winslow Township, New Jersey
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Train at Winslow Junction
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Location of Winslow Township in Camden County highlighted in red.
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Census Bureau map of Winslow Township, New Jersey
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Country | United States | |
State | New Jersey | |
County | Camden | |
Incorporated | November 26, 1867 | |
Named for | Edward Winslow Coffin | |
Government | ||
• Type | Township | |
• Body | Township Committee | |
Area | ||
• Total | 58.25 sq mi (150.87 km2) | |
• Land | 57.42 sq mi (148.71 km2) | |
• Water | 0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2) 1.43% | |
Area rank | 24th of 565 in state 1st of 37 in county |
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Elevation | 135 ft (41 m) | |
Population
(2020)
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• Total | 39,907 | |
• Estimate
(2023)
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40,047 | |
• Rank | 60th of 565 in state 4th of 37 in county |
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• Density | 695.0/sq mi (268.3/km2) | |
• Density rank | 421st of 565 in state 34th of 37 in county |
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Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) | |
ZIP Code |
08095
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Area code(s) | 609, 856 | |
FIPS code | 3400781740 | |
GNIS feature ID | 0882150 | |
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Winslow Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 39,907, an increase of 408 (+1.0%) from the 2010 census count of 39,499, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,888 (+14.1%) from the 34,611 counted in the 2000 census.
Winslow Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1845, from portions of Gloucester Township. Portions of the township were taken on November 26, 1867, to create Chesilhurst. In 1950, the township annexed a portion of Monroe Township in Gloucester County. The township, and all of Camden County, is part of South Jersey and of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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History
Winslow Township is Camden County's largest municipality at 58 square miles (150 km2). The township got its name from the son of a 19th-century glass factory owner, William Coffin Sr., who bought large tracts of timber in Camden County about six miles west of Hammonton and with his son-in-law in 1929. Thomas Jefferson Perce and William Coffin Jr., built the Winslow Glass Works (his second one in 12 years) in the midst of a thick pine forest. The community was named for Senior Coffin's youngest son, Edward Winslow Coffin.
Winslow Township was incorporated in 1845 from the Township of Gloucester. The township's very first meeting was held at Josiah Albertson's Blue Anchor Inn which was located on what is now Route 73 in the vicinity of St Lucy's Church. During its early years Winslow was known for its thriving glass business which developed as a result of the township's abundant resources of timber, clay, and sand, though by the start of the 20th century the glass industry died throughout Winslow. During the early 20th century, Winslow's population continued to grow until it peaked at a small 11,000 residents by the 1970s. During this time period the majority of Winslow residents were farmers. In 1965, Winslow township started to see an increase in population as the Atlantic City Expressway was completed with an interchange in Winslow at Williamstown Road. The proximity of the interchange drew developers towards the Sicklerville section of the township, where Levitt & Sons would build thousands of homes throughout the 1970s. Between 1970 and 1980, Winslow's population nearly doubled to 20,000 residents.
As of 2006, 80% of the township currently sits in the Pinelands National Reserve, thus restricting future land development. Despite the restriction of development on the reserve, agricultural areas still persist in Winslow.
The township is also served by two area codes, 856 and 609. When area code 609 was split in 1999, the southern/eastern end in the township (primarily those with a Hammonton mailing address, Cedar Brook, and a small section of Sickerville) were left in the 609 code, while the other sections closer to Berlin and Williamstown received 856 as their area code.
- Landmarks
- St Lucy's Roman Catholic Church, Route 73. It became a parish in 1961. The Rev. Edward McDaid is pastor.
- Bates Mills Cemetery is a cemetery located on South Erhke Road in Blue Anchor, Today passersby can observe a number of very old grave stones with hardly visible faded initials engraved upon them. The stones seem to be made from iron ore.
- Pinelands National Reserve
- Levitt and Sons Incorporated built Winslow Crossing in the 1970s in Sicklerville. The complexes that were built at that time were Primrose Gate, Manor Hall, Victoria Manor, Eden Hollow, Lehigh Manor, Arbor Meadows and Ivy Meadows.
- In 1972, the Lutheran affiliated Winslow Community Church opens in the Cedar Brook Hunting and Fishing Club.
- Historical timeline
- 1845: Winslow is incorporated from parts of Gloucester Township.
- 1920: Albion School is built.
- 1923: Sicklerville School is built.
- 1925: St. Lucys Roman Catholic Church begins in the Blue Anchor section of Winslow Township as a mission to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Berlin, New Jersey.
- 1928: Blue Anchor and Tansboro Schools are built.
- 1940: Closed Dunbarton and North Tansboro Schools are sold.
- 1955: A hospital is established at Ancora.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 58.25 square miles (150.87 km2), including 57.42 square miles (148.71 km2) of land and 0.83 square miles (2.16 km2) of water (1.43%).
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located wholly or partially within the township include Albion, Ancora, Braddock, Blue Anchor, Cedar Brook, Dicktown, Elm, Florence, New Freedom, Pen Byrn, Sicklertown, Sicklerville, Spring Garden, Tansboro, Waterford, Waterford Works, West Atco, Williamstown, Winslow Junction and Winslow Village.
The Blue Hole is a body of water in the middle of woods that is clear blue and always cold, even in the summer, with a very steep shoreline and a maximum depth of approximately 70 feet (21 m), though Weird NJ describes the water as "bottomless" and claims that it is a haunt of the Jersey Devil.
The township borders Berlin Borough, Chesilhurst, Gloucester Township, Pine Hill, and Waterford Township in Camden County; Folsom and Hammonton in Atlantic County, and both Monroe Township and Washington Township in Gloucester County.
Demographics
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1850 | 1,540 | — | |
1860 | 1,800 | 16.9% | |
1870 | 2,050 | * | 13.9% |
1880 | 2,158 | 5.3% | |
1890 | 2,408 | 11.6% | |
1900 | 2,392 | −0.7% | |
1910 | 2,919 | 22.0% | |
1920 | 3,379 | 15.8% | |
1930 | 4,744 | 40.4% | |
1940 | 4,866 | 2.6% | |
1950 | 5,102 | 4.8% | |
1960 | 9,142 | 79.2% | |
1970 | 11,202 | 22.5% | |
1980 | 20,034 | 78.8% | |
1990 | 30,087 | 50.2% | |
2000 | 34,611 | 15.0% | |
2010 | 39,599 | 14.4% | |
2020 | 39,907 | 0.8% | |
2023 (est.) | 40,047 | 1.1% | |
Population sources: 1850–2000 1850–1920 1850–1870 1850 1870 1880–1890 1890–1910 1910–1930 1940–2000 2000 2010 2020 * = Lost territory in previous decade. |
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 39,499 people, 13,735 households, and 10,178 families in the township. The population density was 688.8 per square mile (265.9/km2). There were 14,560 housing units at an average density of 253.9 per square mile (98.0/km2). The racial makeup was 54.41% (21,491) White, 36.17% (14,287) Black or African American, 0.29% (113) Native American, 3.10% (1,224) Asian, 0.04% (14) Pacific Islander, 2.97% (1,172) from other races, and 3.03% (1,198) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.10% (3,200) of the population.
Of the 13,735 households, 35.0% had children under the age of 18; 52.7% were married couples living together; 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.9% were non-families. Of all households, 20.7% were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.25.
25.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.6 males.
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $68,169 (with a margin of error of +/– $2,425) and the median family income was $78,892 (+/– $4,026). Males had a median income of $53,815 (+/– $1,828) versus $44,860 (+/– $2,189) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $27,884 (+/– $974). About 4.1% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The Winslow Township School District is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. The district operates four elementary schools (grades Pre-K–3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4–6), one middle school (grades 7–8) and one high school (grades 9–12). The district was formed in 1998, after voters approved a split from the Lower Camden County Regional School District, creating the Edgewood (later renamed Winslow) middle and high schools in 2001 to accompany the previously existing K–6 operation.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 4,650 students and 456.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Winslow Township Elementary School No. 1 (with 350 students; in grades Pre-K–3), Winslow Township Elementary School No. 2 (349; Pre-K–3), Winslow Township Elementary School No. 3 (390; Pre-K–3), Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4 (508; Pre-K–3), Winslow Township Elementary School No. 5 (566; 4–6), Winslow Township Elementary School No. 6 (483; 4–6), Winslow Township Middle School (720; 7–8) and Winslow Township High School (1,180; 9–12).
Students from Chesilhurst attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Chesilhurst Borough School District. The Chesilhurst district had served public school students in kindergarten through sixth grade at Shirley B. Foster Elementary School until the completion of the 2008–2009 school year, after which the district was no longer operating any schools and began sending all of its students to the Winslow Township schools as part of an expansion of the pre-existing sending/receiving relationship that commenced in the 2009–10 school year.
Transportation
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 245.16 miles (394.55 km) of roadways, of which 159.89 miles (257.32 km) were maintained by the municipality, 57.57 miles (92.65 km) by Camden County and 16.50 miles (26.55 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 11.20 miles (18.02 km) by the South Jersey Transportation Authority.
Winslow is criss-crossed by several major roads. The most prominent of these, the Atlantic City Expressway, passes through the southwestern part of the township with four interchanges: Exits 41, 38, 33, and 31. Other major roads include U.S. Route 30, Route 73, and Route 143.
Public transportation
NJ Transit bus service is available on the 316 with seasonal service between Cape May and Philadelphia and the 400 route between Sicklerville and Philadelphia. Local service is available on the 459 bus between Voorhees Town Center and the Avandale park-and-ride and the 463 route between Woodbury and the Avandale park-and-ride. Service to Atlantic City is offered on the 551 route to Philadelphia and on the 554 route to the Lindenwold station. There are no buses that provide service within reasonable walking distance to the Municipal Building.
Park and Ride bus service is located within the township at the Avandale park and ride, which offers 322 parking spots for NJ Transit passengers.
Recreation
Great Times Day Camp is a summer camp for young children and teenagers located in the Waterford Works section of the township. It was founded in 1976 and is situated on Hobb Lake, one of Camden County's major reservoirs.
Wineries
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Winslow Township include:
- Quinton Alston (born 1993), football linebacker who signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Bill Belton (born 1992), running back
- Jessica Boyington (born 1985), Miss New Jersey USA 2006 and on-air television news personality at NBC News
- Jordan Burroughs (born 1988), Olympic Gold Medal wrestler
- Lee DeRamus (born 1972), former wide receiver who played for two seasons in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints
- Shonn Greene (born 1985), running back for the Tennessee Titans
- Andrew K. Hay (1809–1881), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851
- Gordon Hill (born 1993), American football safety
- Kyle Hines (born 1986), professional basketball player who plays for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League
- Tyler Hines (born 1990), professional basketball player
- Brandon Jones (born 1989), football cornerback
- Tziarra King (born 1998), professional soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Utah Royals FC
- Brendan McHugh (born 1990), swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events
- Mike Rozier (born 1961), former football Heisman Trophy-winning running back who played in the United States Football League and the National Football League
- Leroy Smith (born 1969), college football defensive end who played for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team
- Hakeem Valles (born 1992), tight end for the Arizona Cardinals
- Max Valles (born 1994), defensive end for the Buffalo Bills
See also
In Spanish: Municipio de Winslow (Nueva Jersey) para niños