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Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Camden. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 510,719, making it the state's 8th-largest county, representing a 0.7% decrease from the 513,657 enumerated at the 2010 Census, in turn having increased by 4,725 from the 508,932 counted in the 2000 Census. The most populous place was Camden, with 77,344 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Winslow Township covered 58.19 square miles (150.7 km2), the largest total area of any municipality.
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Gloucester City is a city in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 11,456, reflecting a decline of 28 (-0.2%) from the 11,484 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 1,165 (-9.2%) from the 12,649 counted in the 1990 Census. It is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia and the Port of Philadelphia.
Oaklyn is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 4,038, reflecting a decline of 150 (-3.6%) from the 4,188 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 242 (-5.5%) from the 4,430 counted in the 1990 Census.
Route 168 is a 10.75-mile (17.30 km) state highway in the southern part of New Jersey in the United States. The route's southern terminus is an interchange with Route 42 and the Atlantic City Expressway in the Turnersville section of Washington Township, Gloucester County. The northern terminus is an intersection with County Route 603 on the border of Camden and Woodlynne in Camden County. At this point, the route continues toward downtown Camden as CR 605. Route 168 follows the Black Horse Pike for most of its length, running through suburban areas in Gloucester Township, Runnemede, Bellmawr, and Mount Ephraim. It intersects many major roads, including the Route 42 freeway in Gloucester Township, Route 41 in Runnemede, the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 295 (I-295) in Bellmawr, Route 76C in Haddon Township, and U.S. Route 130 in Camden.
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Newton Colony was the third English settlement in West Jersey. Newton Colony was founded in 1682 by a group of Quakers, who had emigrated from Ireland, on the banks of Newton Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, in present-day Camden County, New Jersey. The founders of Newton Colony were William Bates, George Goldsmith, Mark Newbie, Thomas Sharp, Thomas Thackara and Robert Zane. The original Newton Colony occupied most of the present day municipalities of Oaklyn and Collingswood, New Jersey. The original colony grew to occupy a portion of the present day municipalities of Camden, Haddon Township, Pennsauken Township, and Haddonfield.
Centre Township was a township that existed in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, from 1855 through 1926.
Stockton Township was a township that existed in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, from 1859 until its dissolution in 1899.
Gloucestertown was a township that existed within the territory of the current Camden County, New Jersey, United States, from 1685 to 1831.
Holy Saviour School of Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Parish was an elementary school located on Virginia Avenue in the Westmont section of Haddon Township, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, from 1929 to 2008. Holy Saviour parish was formally incorporated on December 7, 1928, after receiving a charter from the Bishop of Trenton in 1927 as “Church of the Holy Saviour,” a parish in what was then the Trenton Diocese. Holy Saviour became part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden when it was formed in December 1937.
Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, has been an office since its inception in 1828.
Waretown was an unincorporated community of Gloucester Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey that existed between c. 1794-1874. Historically, it was located about 3.3 miles northeast of the center of Williamstown and about 8/10ths of a mile from the current site of Sicklerville. The town is unrelated to the Waretown that exists today in Ocean County, New Jersey.
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The Camden County Hall of Justice is the county courthouse for Camden County, New Jersey, located in the county seat, the City of Camden. It in the 4th vicinage for the New Jersey Superior Court.
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- 1 2 3 4 Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. pp. 107. Accessed December 5, 2012.
- ↑ SPAN OF A CENTURY 1828-1928 100 YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF CAMDEN AS A CITY COMPILED FROM NOTES AND DATA COLLECTED BY CHARLES S. BOYER, PRESIDENT CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PUBLISHED BY CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY