Mantua Township, New Jersey

Mantua Township, New Jersey
Township
Route 55 viewed north in Mantua Township
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Location of Mantua Township in Gloucester County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left).
Census Bureau map of Mantua Township, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 39°45′43″N75°10′23″W / 39.762013°N 75.173092°W / 39.762013; -75.173092 [1] [2]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Gloucester
Incorporated	February 23, 1853
Named for	Mantua, Italy or Lenape sub-tribe
Government [3]
• Type	Township
• Body	Township Committee
•  Mayor	Robert T. Zimmerman (D, term ends December 31, 2024) [4] [5]
•  Administrator	Jennica Bileci [6]
•  Municipal clerk	Jennica Bileci [7]
Area [1]
• Total	16.09 sq mi (41.67 km2)
• Land	16.01 sq mi (41.45 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.22 km2)  0.53%
• Rank	169th of 565 in state 10th of 24 in county [1]
Elevation [8]	105 ft (32 m)
Population  (2020) [9] [10]
• Total	15,235
• Estimate  (2023) [9] [11]	15,446
• Rank	172nd of 565 in state 7th of 24 in county [12]
• Density	951.9/sq mi (367.5/km2)
• Rank	391st of 565 in state 15th of 24 in county [12]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08051 [13] [14]
Area code	856
FIPS code	3401543440 [1] [15] [16]
GNIS feature ID	0882147 [1] [17]
Website	mantuatownship.com

Mantua Township (pronounced man-CHEW-uh ^[18] ) is a township within Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 15,235, ^{[9] [10]} its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 18 (+0.1%) from the 15,217 recorded at the 2010 census, ^{[19] [20]} which in turn reflected an increase of 1,000 (+7.0%) from the 14,217 counted in the 2000 census. ^[21] Mantua and surrounding Gloucester County constitute part of South Jersey.

History

Thomas Carpenter House in Mantua Township, c. 1912

Mantua Township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1853, from portions of Greenwich Township. Portions of the township were taken to form East Greenwich Township (February 10, 1881) and Pitman (May 24, 1905). ^[22] The township is named after Mantua, Italy ^[23] or for a Mantua sub-tribe of the Lenape Native Americans. ^{[24] [25]}

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 16.09 square miles (41.67 km²), including 16.01 square miles (41.45 km²) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.22 km²) of water (0.53%). ^{[1] [2]}

Richwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within portions of both Harrison Township and Mantua Township. The CDP had a 2010 population of 3,459, of which 3,400 were in Harrison Township and 59 in Mantua Township. ^{[26] [27]} Other unincorporated communities, localities, and places located partially or completely within the township include Barnsboro, Boodys Mills, Carpenter's Landing, ^[28] Centre City, Eastlack Corner, Jessups, Manunkachunk, Sewell, and West Landing. ^[29]

The township borders Deptford Township, East Greenwich Township, Glassboro, Harrison Township, Pitman, Washington Township, Wenonah, and West Deptford Township. ^{[30] [31]}

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1860	1,742		—
1870	1,897		8.9%
1880	1,718		−9.4%
1890	1,791	*	4.2%
1900	2,101		17.3%
1910	1,529	*	−27.2%
1920	2,002		30.9%
1930	2,677		33.7%
1940	2,433		−9.1%
1950	3,548		45.8%
1960	7,991		125.2%
1970	9,643		20.7%
1980	9,193		−4.7%
1990	10,074		9.6%
2000	14,217		41.1%
2010	15,217		7.0%
2020	15,235		0.1%
2023 (est.)	15,446	[9] [11]	1.4%
Population sources: 1860–2000 [32] 1860–1920 [33] 1860–1870 [34] 1870 [35] 1880–1890 [36] 1890–1910 [37] 1910–1930 [38] 1940–2000 [39] 2000 [40] [41] 2010 [19] [20] 2020 [9] [10] * Lost territory in previous decade

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 15,217 people, 5,719 households, and 4,169 families in the township. The population density was 960.1 per square mile (370.7/km²). There were 5,980 housing units at an average density of 377.3 per square mile (145.7/km²). The racial makeup was 94.24% (14,340) White, 2.50% (380) Black or African American, 0.20% (31) Native American, 1.10% (168) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 0.66% (100) from other races, and 1.29% (197) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.95% (449) of the population. ^[19]

Of the 5,719 households, 33.4% had children under the age of 18; 57.3% were married couples living together; 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.1% were non-families. Of all households, 22.2% were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.13. ^[19]

24.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.8 males. ^[19]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $80,743 (with a margin of error of +/− $4,473) and the median family income was $88,586 (+/− $5,058). Males had a median income of $66,993 (+/− $4,279) versus $49,500 (+/− $7,015) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $35,073 (+/− $2,942). About 2.7% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over. ^[42]

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, ^[15] there were 14,217 people, 5,265 households, and 3,948 families residing in the township. The population density was 894.3 inhabitants per square mile (345.3/km²). There were 5,411 housing units at an average density of 340.4 per square mile (131.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.81% White, 2.07% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.28% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population. ^{[40] [41]}

There were 5,265 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.14. ^[40]

In the township, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males. ^[40]

The median income for a household in the township was $58,256, and the median income for a family was $63,391. Males had a median income of $46,984 versus $32,495 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,147. About 2.8% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over. ^[40]

Arts and culture

Musical groups from the township include pop punk band Major League. ^[43]

Parks and recreation

Tall Pines State Preserve is a 111-acre (45 ha) nature preserve that opened in November 2015 as Gloucester County's first state park and is located along the border of Deptford Township and Mantua Township. Originally a forest that was turned into an asparagus field and then a golf course, the land was preserved through efforts of South Jersey Land and Water Trust, the Friends of Tall Pines, Gloucester County Nature Club, and the New Jersey Green Acres Program. ^[44]

Government

Local government

Mantua Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. ^[45] The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. ^{[3] [46]} At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor. ^[4]

As of 2024 ^[update] , members of the Mantua Township Committee are Mayor Robert T. Zimmerman (D, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2024), Deputy Mayor Pete Scirrotto (D, term on committee ends 2025; term as deputy mayor ends 2024), Shawn K. Layton (D, 2024), John Legge (D, 2026) and Eileen Lukens (D, 2025). ^{[4] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]}

Federal, state, and county representation

Mantua Township is located in the 1st Congressional District ^[52] and is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district. ^[53]

For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 1st congressional district is represented by Donald Norcross ( D , Camden ). ^{[54] [55]} New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) ^[56] and Bob Menendez ( Englewood Cliffs , term ends 2025). ^{[57] [58]}

For the 2024-2025 session , the 3rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by John Burzichelli ( D , Paulsboro ) and in the General Assembly by David Bailey (D, Woodstown ) and Heather Simmons (D, Glassboro ). ^[59]

Gloucester County is governed by a board of county commissioners, whose seven members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis in partisan elections, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year. At a reorganization meeting held each January, the Board selects a Director and a Deputy Director from among its members. As of 2024 ^[update] , Gloucester County's Commissioners are:

Director Frank J. DiMarco (D, Deptford Township, 2025), ^[60] Matt Weng (D, Pitman, 2026), ^[61] Joann Gattinelli (D, Washington Township, 2026), ^[62] Nicholas DeSilvio (R, Franklin Township, 2024), ^[63] Denice DiCarlo (D, West Deptford Township, 2025) ^[64] Deputy Director Jim Jefferson (D, Woodbury, 2026) and ^[65] Christopher Konawel Jr. (R, Glassboro, 2024). ^{[66] [67]}

Gloucester County's constitutional officers are: Clerk James N. Hogan (D, Franklin Township; 2027), ^{[68] [69]} Sheriff Jonathan M. Sammons (R, Elk Township; 2024) ^{[70] [71]} and Surrogate Giuseppe "Joe" Chila (D, Woolwich Township; 2028). ^{[72] [73] [74]}

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 10,232 registered voters in Mantua Township, of which 3,493 (34.1%) were registered as Democrats, 2,020 (19.7%) were registered as Republicans and 4,712 (46.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 7 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. ^[75]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.3% of the vote (3,855 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.2% (3,692 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (117 votes), among the 7,731 ballots cast by the township's 10,720 registered voters (67 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 72.1%. ^{[76] [77]} In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.0% of the vote (3,902 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 47.3% (3,687 votes) and other candidates with 1.6% (126 votes), among the 7,800 ballots cast by the township's 10,429 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.8%. ^[78] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 50.0% of the vote (3,704 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 48.7% (3,604 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (70 votes), among the 7,408 ballots cast by the township's 9,657 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.7. ^[79]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 66.0% of the vote (2,985 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 31.9% (1,445 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (94 votes), among the 4,620 ballots cast by the township's 10,604 registered voters (96 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 43.6%. ^{[80] [81]} In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 48.1% of the vote (2,422 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 40.8% (2,055 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.6% (435 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (40 votes), among the 5,031 ballots cast by the township's 10,357 registered voters, yielding a 48.6% turnout. ^[82]

Education

Children in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade for public school are served by the Mantua Township School District. ^[83] As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,256 students and 135.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1. ^[84] Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[85] ) are Sewell School ^[86] with 290 students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, Centre City School ^[87] with 492 students in grades 1-3 and J. Mason Tomlin School ^[88] with 473 students in grades 4-6. ^{[89] [90] [91] [92]}

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Clearview Regional High School District, which serves students from Harrison Township and Mantua Township. ^{[93] [94] [95]} Schools in the high school district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[96] ) are Clearview Regional Middle School ^[97] with 753 students in grades 7-8 and Clearview Regional High School ^[98] with 1,431 students in grades 9-12. ^{[99] [100]} Seats on the high school district's nine-member board are allocated based on population, with five seats assigned to Mantua Township. ^[101]

Students from across the county are eligible to apply to attend Gloucester County Institute of Technology, a four-year high school in Deptford Township that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school. ^[102]

Guardian Angels Regional School is a K-8 school that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. ^[103] Its PreK-3 campus is in Gibbstown while its 4-8 campus is in Paulsboro. ^[104]

Transportation

View north along Main Street (Route 553) approaching Mount Royal Road (Route 678) in Mantua Township

Roads and highways

As of May 2010 ^[update] , the township had a total of 91.85 miles (147.82 km) of roadways, of which 53.92 miles (86.78 km) were maintained by the municipality, 31.21 miles (50.23 km) by Gloucester County and 6.72 miles (10.81 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. ^[105]

Route 45 ^[106] and Route 55 ^[107] are the main highways serving Mantua Township. County Route 553 ^[108] and County Route 553 Alternate also traverse the township.

Public transportation

NJ Transit bus service is available in the township between Bridgeton and Philadelphia on the 410 route and between Sewell and Philadelphia on the 412 route. ^{[109] [110]}

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Mantua Township, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mantua Township include:

• Thomas Carpenter (1752–1847), early American glassmaker ^[111]
• Mario Cerrito (born 1984), filmmaker, writer and producer known in the horror/thriller genre ^{[112] [113]}
• Ryan D'Imperio (born 1987), retired NFL fullback who played for the Minnesota Vikings ^[114]
• Lucinda Florio (1947–2022), teacher and advocate for education and literacy, who, as the wife of former New Jersey Governor James Florio, served as the First Lady of New Jersey ^[115]
• George W. F. Gaunt (1865–1918), politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate ^[116]
• Tara Lipinski (born 1982), figure skater who won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics at the age of 15 ^[117]
• Franke Sisto, Winner of Endurance 4 ^[118]
• John E. Wallace Jr. (born 1942), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court ^[119]

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88. J. Mason Tomlin School, Mantua Township School District. Accessed March 6, 2024.
89. District Information, Mantua Township School District. Accessed March 6, 2024. "Students in our township attend one of three schools based on grade. Our Sewell School educates students in grades pre-k and kindergarten, our Centre City School educates students in grades 1 - 3, and our J. Mason Tomlin School educates all of the township's students in grades 4 - 6. As a sending district to the Clearview Regional High School District, all Mantua Township students attend Clearview Regional Middle School for grades 7 and 8, and Clearview Regional High School for grades 9 through 12."
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93. Clearview Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Clearview Regional High School District. Accessed March 6, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades seven through twelve in the Clearview Regional High School District. Composition: The Clearview Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Harrison Township and Mantua Township."
94. Clearview Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The Clearview Regional High School District serves the townships of Harrison and Mantua. The district is comprised of a Middle School (7-8) and High School (9-12), educating approximately 2,450 students."
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External links

• Mantua Township official website