Waterford Township, New Jersey
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Waterford Township is a Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 10,494.
Waterford Township was originally created by Royal Charter on June 1, 1695, while the area was still part of Gloucester County. The township was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. On March 13, 1844, Waterford Township became one of the original townships in the newly-created Camden County. Portions of the township were taken over the years to form Delaware Township (on February 28, 1844, now Cherry Hill Township), Chesilhurst (November 26, 1887), Voorhees Township (March 1, 1899) and Berlin Township (March 11, 1910).[1]
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[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.9 km² (36.3 mi²). 93.7 km² (36.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.19%) is water.
Waterford borders Berlin Borough, Berlin Township, Chesilhurst, and Winslow. Waterford also borders Atlantic County and Burlington County.
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 2,421 |
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| 1940 | 2,750 | 13.6% | |
| 1950 | 2,997 | 9.0% | |
| 1960 | 3,809 | 27.1% | |
| 1970 | 4,073 | 6.9% | |
| 1980 | 8,126 | 99.5% | |
| 1990 | 10,940 | 34.6% | |
| 2000 | 10,494 | -4.1% | |
| Est. 2005 | 10,793 | [2] | 2.8% |
| Population 1930 - 1990[3] | |||
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 10,494 people, 3,542 households, and 2,791 families residing in the township. The population density was 112.0/km² (290.0/mi²). There were 3,671 housing units at an average density of 39.2/km² (101.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 92.75% White, 4.18% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.90% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.07% of the population.
There were 3,542 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.27.
In the township the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $59,075, and the median income for a family was $63,693. Males had a median income of $41,561 versus $28,763 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,676. About 3.6% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Government
[edit] Local government
Members of the Waterford Township Committee are Mayor Tony Clark, Deputy Mayor Bill Richardson, Charles Hamilton, Maryann Merlino and Delores Toussaint.[4]
[edit] Federal, state and county representation
Waterford Township is in the Second Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 6th Legislative District.[5]
New Jersey's Second Congressional District, covering all of Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County and Salem County and portions of Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County, is represented by Frank LoBiondo (R, Vineland). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
The 6th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by John H. Adler (D, Cherry Hill) and in the Assembly by Louis Greenwald (D, Voorhees) and Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Camden County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Camden County's Freeholders are: Louis Cappelli, Jr (Freeholder Director), Edward McDonnell (Freeholder Deputy Director), Riletta L. Cream, Jeffrey L. Nash, Joseph Ripa, Carmen Rodriguez, and Rodney Greco.
[edit] Education
The Waterford Township School District serves students in prekindergarten through sixth grade. Schools in the district are Atco Elementary School for Kindergarten and first grade, Thomas Richards School for prekindergarten through 3rd grade, and Waterford Elementary School (4-6).
Students from Waterford Township attend Hammonton High School in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools.
[edit] Transportation
Atco provides New Jersey Transit train service on the Atlantic City Line to the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and the Atlantic City Rail Terminal.
U.S. Route 30 passes directly through the center of the Township while New Jersey Route 73 borders the western edge of the township. County Route 534 and County Route 536 also pass through the township.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 109.
- ^ Census data for Waterford Township, United States Census Bureau, accessed March 1, 2007
- ^ Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, accessed March 1, 2007
- ^ Mayor & Township Committee, accessed March 11, 2007
- ^ League of Women Voters: 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, p. 65, accessed August 30, 2006 omits data for Waterford Township due to a typo in which Waterford and Watchung overlap with partial data missing for both. The 2004 New Jersey Legislative Data Book confirms that Waterford is in Congressional District 2 and New jersey Legislative District 6.
[edit] External links
- Waterford Township municipal website
- Waterford Township School District website
- Waterford Township School District's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Waterford Township School District
- School closing information
- Hammonton High School
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