Richland, New Jersey

Richland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)^[5] located within Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[6] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08350.

Richland, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°29′30″N 74°52′15″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Atlantic
Township	Buena Vista
Area [1]
• Total	3.35 sq mi (8.66 km2)
• Land	3.33 sq mi (8.63 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	95 ft (29 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	623
• Density	186.86/sq mi (72.16/km2)
ZIP Code	08350
FIPS code	34-62790[3]
GNIS feature ID	0879677[4]

The area is a major supplier of mint.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08350 was 825.^[7]

The Cape May Seashore Lines operates passenger rail service from Richland to Tuckahoe, from a scale reproduction of the original Richland Station, which was removed in the mid-1960s.^[8]

Mojito, New Jersey

On April 26, 2004, the Buena Vista Township Committee voted to temporarily rename the community of Richland, a section of Buena Vista Township. For the first half of the month of May 2004, Richland became Mojito, New Jersey, named after the Cuban rum drink. Bacardi had offered to give the township $5,000 for recreation projects in exchange for commemorating the new name with a sign on U.S. Route 40 for those weeks.^[9] Richland was chosen because it is home to the family-run Dalponte Farms, a major East Coast supplier of mint, an essential ingredient of the mojito.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	623		—
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

Education

Founded in 1959, St. Augustine Preparatory School is an all-male Catholic high school, operated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.^[11][12]

Attractions

• Cape May Seashore Lines
• Patcong Valley Railroad Museum^[13]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
3. Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
4. "Richland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
5. State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
6. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
7. DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA 08350 Archived 2020-02-13 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 10, 2016.
8. Richland-Tuckahoe Service, Cape May Seashore Lines. Accessed December 27, 2016. "The present Richland Village passenger station, along with a crossing watchman's shanty, are situated in the same location as the original structures, which were removed circa 1965 (the original passenger station), and during the 1930s (the original crossing watchman's shanty)."
9. National Mojito Month, Cocktail Times. Accessed October 8, 2007.
10. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
11. NJAIS / MSA Self-Study Report 2012-2013 Archived 2016-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, St. Augustine Preparatory School. Accessed November 10, 2016. "St. Augustine Preparatory School (locally, 'The Prep') is an independent, all male, Roman Catholic, Augustinian, four-year college preparatory school located in the Richland section of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey."
12. Catholic Schools Directory, Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. Accessed October 20, 2016.
13. About Us, Patcong Valley Railroad Museum. Accessed June 29, 2016.

External links

• Mojito cocktails