Bass River Township, New Jersey

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Bass River Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.

Bass River Township is a Walsh Act Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 1,510.

Bass River was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 30, 1864, from portions of Little Egg Harbor Township and Washington Township.^[1]

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 202.7 km² (78.2 mi²). 196.5 km² (75.9 mi²) of it is land and 6.1 km² (2.4 mi²) of it (3.03%) is water.

Bass River Township borders Washington Township, Woodland Township, Atlantic County, and Ocean County.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 1,510 people, 548 households, and 409 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.7/km² (19.9/mi²). There were 602 housing units at an average density of 3.1/km² (7.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.87% White, 0.07% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.19% of the population.

There were 548 households out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the township the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $47,469, and the median income for a family was $51,167. Males had a median income of $35,179 versus $27,222 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,382. About 2.4% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Transportation

Bass River is the only municipality in Burlington County that hosts both U.S. Route 9 and the Garden State Parkway. Two interchanges (on the parkway) are located in Bass River that connect with Route 9 and New Gretna. A toll gate is also located in the municipality, tolling motorists heading northbound.

[edit] Government

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Bass River Township is in the Third Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 9th Legislative District.^[4]

New Jersey's Third Congressional District, covering portions of Burlington County, Camden County and Ocean County, is represented by Jim Saxton (R, Mount Holly). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 9th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Leonard T. Connors (R, Forked River) and in the Assembly by Christopher J. Connors (R, Forked River) and Brian E. Rumpf (R, Forked River). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).

Burlington County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Burlington County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director James K. Wujcik, Deputy Freeholder Director William S. Haines, Jr., Dawn Marie Addiego, Vincent R. Farias and Aubrey A. Fenton.

[edit] Education

The Bass River Township Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The school had an enrollment of 129 students in the 2004-05 school year.^[5]

Students in grades 7 - 12 attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District.^[6] The district is comprised of the Pinelands Regional Junior High School (1,082 students in grades 7-9) and Pinelands Regional High School (888 students in grades 10-12). The current combined enrollment is nearly 2,000 students. The student to teacher ratio is 25:1 in the high school, and 22:1 in the middle school. The district serves students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough.

[edit] References

[edit] External link

• Bass River Township Elementary School's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Bass River Township Elementary School
• Pinelands Regional School District
• Pinelands Regional School District's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Pinelands Regional School District

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