Chesterfield Township, New Jersey
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Chesterfield Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 9,422,[8][9] an increase of 1,723 (+22.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,699,[17][18] which in turn reflected an increase of 1,744 (+29.3%) from the 5,955 counted in the 2000 census.[19] The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.[20]
Chesterfield Township, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.119177°N 74.662894°W / 40.119177; -74.662894[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Burlington |
Formed | November 6, 1688 |
Royal charter | January 10, 1713 |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Named for | Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | Matthew Litt (D, December 31, 2024)[4][5] |
• Municipal clerk | Caryn Hoyer[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 21.45 sq mi (55.57 km2) |
• Land | 21.31 sq mi (55.20 km2) |
• Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2) 0.67% |
• Rank | 131st of 565 in state 14th of 40 in county[1] |
Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,422 |
• Estimate | 9,036 |
• Rank | 253rd of 565 in state 17th of 40 in county[11] |
• Density | 442.1/sq mi (170.7/km2) |
• Rank | 448th of 565 in state 29th of 40 in county[11] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | 08515 – Crosswicks[12] |
Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 291, 298[13] |
FIPS code | 3400512670[1][14][15] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882109[1][16] |
Website | www |
Chesterfield has permanently preserved more than 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) of farmland through state and county programs and a township-wide transfer of development credits program that directs future growth to a designated "receiving area" known as Old York Village, which is a neo-traditional, New Urbanism community built on 560 acres (230 ha) incorporating a variety of housing types, neighborhood commercial facilities, a new elementary school, civic uses, and active and passive open space areas with preserved agricultural land surrounding the planned village. Construction began in the early 2000s and a significant percentage of the community is now complete. As of 2023 the majority of the construction is complete including Old York Village's mixed used; commercial, retail and housing section. Old York Village was the winner of the American Planning Association's National Outstanding Planning Award in 2004.[21][22][23]