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Winslow Township, New Jersey
Township
Train at Winslow Junction
Train at Winslow Junction
Official seal of Winslow Township, New Jersey
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Location of Winslow Township in Camden County highlighted in red.
Location of Winslow Township in Camden County highlighted in red.
Census Bureau map of Winslow Township, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Winslow Township, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey is located in Camden County, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Location in Camden County, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey is located in New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey is located in the United States
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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
Elevation
135 ft (41 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 39,907
 • Estimate 
(2023)
 40,047
 • Rank 60th of 565 in state
4th of 37 in county
 • Density 695.0/sq mi (268.3/km2)
 • Density rank 421st of 565 in state
34th of 37 in county
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
08095
Area code(s) 609, 856
FIPS code 3400781740
GNIS feature ID 0882150
Website

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.

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

Historical population
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 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 5,024 students and 441.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Winslow Township Elementary School No. 1 with 374 students in grades PreK–3, Winslow Township Elementary School No. 2 with 344 students in grades PreK–3, Winslow Township Elementary School No. 3 with 454 students in grades PreK–3, Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4 with 501 students in grades PreK–3, Winslow Township Elementary School No. 5 with 580 students in grades 4–6, Winslow Township Elementary School No. 6 with 525 students in grades 4–6, Winslow Township Middle School with 794 students in grades 7–8 and Winslow Township High School with 1,296 students in grades 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

2021-05-31 16 22 07 View east along New Jersey State Route 446 (Atlantic City Expressway) from the overpass for Camden County Route 723 (Fleming Pike-Williamstown-Winslow Road) in Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey
The eastbound Atlantic City Expressway in Winslow Township

Roads and highways

As of May 2010, 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

See also (related category): People from Winslow Township, New Jersey

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

See also

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