| Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey | |
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| — Township — | |
| Lower Alloways Creek Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
| Census Bureau map of Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Formed | June 17, 1767 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government[1] | |
| • Type | Township (New Jersey) |
| • Mayor | Ellen Pompper |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.1 sq mi (80.5 km2) |
| • Land | 28.2 sq mi (73.1 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7.4 km2) |
| Elevation[2] | 3 ft (1 m) |
| Population (2007)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,883 |
| • Density | 813.0/sq mi (313.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08038 - Hancock's Bridge |
| Area code(s) | 856 |
| FIPS code | 34-41610[4][5] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882065[6] |
Lower Alloways Creek Township is a Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 1,851.
Lower Alloways Creek Township was formed on June 17, 1767 when Alloways Creek Township was subdivided and Upper Alloways Creek Township (now Alloway Township) was also formed. The township was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798 as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships.[7]
PSE&G operates three nuclear reactors in Lower Alloways Creek Township. Salem 1 and Salem 2 are pressurized water reactors at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and Hope Creek is a boiling water reactor at the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station.[8]
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 72.6 square miles (188 km2), of which, 46.8 square miles (121 km2) of it is land and 25.8 square miles (67 km2) of it (35.55%) is water.
Lower Alloways Creek or "LAC" Township borders Elsinboro Township, Salem, and Quinton Township. Lower Alloways Creek Township also borders the Delaware Bay, Cumberland County, and a small point of land that is located within Delaware's Twelve-Mile Circle.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 1,423 |
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| 1860 | 1,471 | 3.4% | |
| 1870 | 1,483 | 0.8% | |
| 1880 | 1,373 | −7.4% | |
| 1890 | 1,308 | −4.7% | |
| 1900 | 1,242 | −5.0% | |
| 1910 | 1,252 | 0.8% | |
| 1920 | 1,084 | −13.4% | |
| 1930 | 1,063 | −1.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,124 | 5.7% | |
| 1950 | 1,307 | 16.3% | |
| 1960 | 1,293 | −1.1% | |
| 1970 | 1,400 | 8.3% | |
| 1980 | 1,547 | 10.5% | |
| 1990 | 1,858 | 20.1% | |
| 2000 | 1,851 | −0.4% | |
| Est. 2007 | 1,883 | [3] | 1.7% |
| Population 1930 - 1990[9][10][11] | |||
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,851 people, 693 households, and 537 families residing in the township. The population density was 39.6 people per square mile (15.3/km²). There were 730 housing units at an average density of 15.6 per square mile (6.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96.38% White, 2.16% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.
There were 693 households out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the township the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $55,078, and the median income for a family was $59,653. Males had a median income of $44,081 versus $30,313 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,962. About 4.2% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.7% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.
Lower Alloways Creek Township is governed under the Township form of government with a five-member Township Committee. The Township Committee is elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.[1] At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor.
Members of the Lower Alloways Creek Township Committee are Mayor Ellen B. Pompper Deputy Mayor Donna Rhubart, Wallace Bradway, George Stiles and Sherman Wood.[12]
Lower Alloways Creek Township is in the 2nd Congressional district. New Jersey's Second Congressional District is represented by Frank LoBiondo (R, Ventnor City). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).
Lower Alloways Creek Township is in the 3rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Stephen M. Sweeney (D, West Deptford Township) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by John J. Burzichelli (D, Paulsboro) and Celeste Riley (D, Bridgeton).[13]
Salem County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders who are elected at-large to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year. As of 2011, Salem County's Freeholders are Director Lee R. Ware (Elsinboro Township), Deputy Director David Lindenmuth (Woodstown), Julie A. Acton (Pennsville Township), Bruce L. Bobbitt (Pilesgrove Township), Dale A. Cross (Pennsville Township), Ben Laury (Elmer) and Beth E. Timberman (Woodstown).[14]
The Lower Alloways Creek Township School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Lower Alloways Creek Elementary School had an enrollment of 229 students in the 2005-06 school year.[15]
For grades 9-12, students attend Salem High School in Salem City, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Salem City School District.[16]
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