| Penns Grove, New Jersey | |
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| — Borough — | |
| Penns Grove Borough highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
| Census Bureau map of Penns Grove, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Incorporated | March 8, 1894 |
| Government[1] | |
| • Type | Borough (New Jersey) |
| • Mayor | John Washington |
| • Borough Council | Carol Mincey, Carl Washington Jr., Clifford Poindexter, Mark Oliver, Eric Myers, and James Venello[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2) |
| • Land | 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2007)[3] | |
| • Total | 4,704 |
| • Density | 5,275.8/sq mi (2,037.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08069 |
| Area code(s) | 856 |
| FIPS code | 34-57750[4][5] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0879213[6] |
Penns Grove is a Borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 4,886.
Penns Grove was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1894, from portions of Upper Penns Neck Township (now Carneys Point Township, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.[7]
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Penns Grove is located at (39.728188, -75.468050).[8]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all of it land.
Penns Grove borders Carneys Point Township and the Delaware River. The borough is located across the Delaware River from Wilmington, which is part of the Delaware Valley, and 33 miles (53 km) south of Philadelphia.
In the early 1900s, many Italian immigrants from Valle San Giovanni and the surrounding province of Teramo came to work at the local E.I. DuPont de Nemours plant in Carneys Point. Many settled on Pitman Street in Penns Grove. In 1925, a copy of the statue of the Madonna and Child, found in the Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie in Teramo was placed in the Saint James Roman Catholic Church.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 1,826 |
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| 1910 | 2,118 | 16.0% | |
| 1920 | 6,060 | 186.1% | |
| 1930 | 5,895 | −2.7% | |
| 1940 | 6,488 | 10.1% | |
| 1950 | 6,669 | 2.8% | |
| 1960 | 6,176 | −7.4% | |
| 1970 | 5,727 | −7.3% | |
| 1980 | 5,760 | 0.6% | |
| 1990 | 5,228 | −9.2% | |
| 2000 | 4,886 | −6.5% | |
| Est. 2007 | 4,704 | [3] | −3.7% |
| Population 1930 - 1990.[9][10] | |||
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 4,886 people, 1,827 households, and 1,231 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,275.8 people per square mile (2,028.5/km2). There were 2,075 housing units at an average density of 2,240.5 per square mile (861.5/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 48.85% White, 39.75% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 8.13% from other races, and 2.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.29% of the population.
There were 1,827 households out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.6% were married couples living together, 27.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% 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 3.26.
In the borough the population was spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 85.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.6 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $26,227, and the median income for a family was $34,076. Males had a median income of $30,871 versus $20,983 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $13,330. About 18.1% of families and 21.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.
Penns Grove is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.[1]
Penns Grove 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).
Penns Grove 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).[11]
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).[12]
Students in public school for grades K through 12 attend the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, together with students from Carneys Point Township. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township, New Jersey attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.[13] Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[14]) are Lafayette-Pershing School for grades Pre-K to 1 (333 students), Field Street School for grades 1 - 3 (528), Paul W. Carleton School for grades 4 and 5 (324), Penns Grove Middle School for grades 6 - 8 (513) and Penns Grove High School grades 9 - 12 (622).
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