Northfield, New Jersey
City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northfield is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 8,434,[10][11] a decrease of 190 (−2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 8,624,[20][21] which in turn reflected an increase of 899 (+11.6%) from the 7,725 counted in the 2000 census.[22]
Northfield, New Jersey | |
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Nickname: "Gateway to the Shore"[1] | |
Coordinates: 39.373073°N 74.554128°W / 39.373073; -74.554128[2][3] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Atlantic |
Incorporated | March 21, 1905 |
Government | |
• Type | City |
• Body | City Council |
• Mayor | Erland Chau (R, term ends December 31, 2023)[5][6] |
• Municipal clerk | Mary Canesi[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.62 sq mi (9.37 km2) |
• Land | 3.58 sq mi (9.28 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 0.97% |
• Rank | 310th of 565 in state 20th of 23 in county[2] |
Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,434 |
• Estimate | 8,426 |
• Rank | 281st of 565 in state 10th of 23 in county[13] |
• Density | 2,354.6/sq mi (909.1/km2) |
• Rank | 262nd of 565 in state 6th of 23 in county[13] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 609[16] |
FIPS code | 3400152950[2][17][18] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885324[2][19] |
Website | www |
Northfield was founded by Jeremiah Leeds; he has a gravestone at Oxford Circle, but it is not certain that he was buried there.[23] Northfield was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 21, 1905, from portions of Egg Harbor Township.[24] A portion of Egg Harbor Township was transferred to Northfield in 1931, and then reverted to Egg Harbor Township in 1933.[25]
The city calls itself the "Gateway to the Shore", just over the bridge from the beaches, and is located about 7 miles (11 km) west of Atlantic City, bordering the municipalities of Pleasantville, Egg Harbor Township and Linwood.[26][27] Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.[28]