Pennsville Township, New Jersey
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Pennsville Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is named for William Penn.[19] The township includes the state's westernmost point.[20] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 12,684,[9][10] a decrease of 725 (−5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 13,409,[21][22] which in turn reflected an increase of 215 (+1.6%) from the 13,194 counted in the 2000 census.[23]
Pennsville Township, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 39.626341°N 75.503451°W / 39.626341; -75.503451[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Salem |
Formed | July 10, 1721 as Lower Penns Neck Township |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Renamed | November 2, 1965 as Pennsville Township |
Named for | William Penn |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | Daniel J. Neu (R, term ends December 31, 2024)[4][5] |
• Administrator | Jack Lynch[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Angela Foote[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 24.58 sq mi (63.66 km2) |
• Land | 21.27 sq mi (55.08 km2) |
• Water | 3.31 sq mi (8.58 km2) 13.48% |
• Rank | 111th of 565 in state 7th of 15 in county[1] |
Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,684 |
• Estimate | 12,765 |
• Rank | 201st of 565 in state 1st of 15 in county[12] |
• Density | 596.4/sq mi (230.3/km2) |
• Rank | 431st of 565 in state 5th of 15 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 856[15] |
FIPS code | 3403357870[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882134[18] |
Website | www |
The township had the 24th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.285% in 2020, compared to 3.476% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.[24] The township, and all of Salem County, is part of South Jersey and of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.[25]