Pemberton Township, New Jersey

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Pemberton Township, New Jersey
—  Township  —
Motto: "A Community of Lakes"[1]
Pemberton Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Pemberton Township, New Jersey
Coordinates: 39°57′31″N 74°36′17″W / 39.958575°N 74.604632°W / 39.958575; -74.604632Coordinates: 39°57′31″N 74°36′17″W / 39.958575°N 74.604632°W / 39.958575; -74.604632
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Burlington
Incorporated March 10, 1846
Government[2]
 • Type Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
 • Mayor David Patriarca (December 31, 2014)[3]
 • Administrator Christopher J. Vaz[4]
Area[5]
 • Total 62.501 sq mi (161.875 km2)
 • Land 61.284 sq mi (158.724 km2)
 • Water 1.217 sq mi (3.151 km2)  1.95%
Elevation[6] 79 ft (24 m)
Population (2010 Census)[7][8]
 • Total 27,912
 • Density 455.5/sq mi (175.9/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 08015 - Browns Mills[9]
08068 - Pemberton[10]
08064 - New Lisbon
Area code(s) 609
FIPS code 34-57510[11][12]
GNIS feature ID 0882089[13][5]
Website http://www.pemberton-twp.com

Pemberton Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 27,912.[7][8]

Pemberton was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1846, from portions of New Hanover Township, Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly Township) and Southampton Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Woodland Township on March 7, 1866.[14]

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[edit] Geography

Pemberton Township is located at 39°57′31″N 74°36′17″W / 39.958575°N 74.604632°W / 39.958575; -74.604632 (39.958575,-74.604632). According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 62.501 square miles (161.875 km2), of which, 61.284 square miles (158.724 km2) of it is land and 1.217 square miles (3.151 km2) of it (1.95%) is water.[15][5]

Browns Mills, Country Lake Estates, Pemberton Heights and Presidential Lakes Estates are census-designated places and are located within Pemberton Township. Fort Dix is a CDP located in parts of Pemberton Township, New Hanover Township and Springfield Township. New Lisbon is an unincorporated area within the township.[1]

Springfield Twp New Hanover Twp
Wrightstown		 Plumsted Twp
Eastampton Twp Manchester Twp
   Pemberton Twp    
Southampton Twp Woodland Twp

Within the borders of the township lies the independent municipality of Pemberton borough.

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1910 1,679
—
1920 1,444 −14.0%
1930 1,929 33.6%
1940 2,386 23.7%
1950 4,751 99.1%
1960 13,726 188.9%
1970 19,754 43.9%
1980 29,720 50.5%
1990 31,342 5.5%
2000 28,691 −8.5%
2010 27,912 −2.7%
Population sources:1910-1930[16]
1900-1990[17] 2000[18] 2010[7][8][19]

[edit] 2010 Census

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 27,912 people, 9,997 households, and 7,078 families residing in the township. The population density was 455.5 inhabitants per square mile (175.9 /km2). There were 10,749 housing units at an average density of 175.4 per square mile (67.7 /km2). The racial makeup of the township was 67.53% (18,848) White, 20.49% (5,719) African American, 0.37% (104) Native American, 2.89% (806) Asian, 0.13% (37) Pacific Islander, 3.00% (837) from other races, and 5.59% (1,561) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.92% (3,326) of the population.[7]

There were 9,997 households out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.22.[7]

In the township the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.5 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.[7]

The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $63,309 (with a margin of error of +/- $5,246) and the median family income was $73,757 (+/- $4,726). Males had a median income of $49,446 (+/- $2,760) versus $38,713 (+/- $3,404) for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,240 (+/- $1,523). About 7.9% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.[20]

[edit] 2000 Census

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 28,691 people, 10,050 households, and 7,487 families residing in the township. The population density was 465.2 people per square mile (179.6/km²). There were 10,778 housing units at an average density of 174.8 per square mile (67.5/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 66.03% White, 23.12% African American, 0.46% Native American, 3.18% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 2.89% from other races, and 4.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.63% of the population.[18]

There were 10,050 households out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.22.[18]

In the township the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.[18]

The median income for a household in the township was $47,394, and the median income for a family was $52,860. Males had a median income of $36,572 versus $26,689 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,238. About 6.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.[18]

[edit] Government

[edit] Local government

Pemberton Township is governed under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) form of municipal government. The government is made up of a Mayor and a five-member Township Council, all of whom are elected at-large in partisan elections to serve four-year concurrent terms of office.[2]

As of 2012, the Mayor of Pemberton Township is David Patriarca, whose term of office ends January 29, 2012.[21] Members of the Pemberton Township Council are Council President Ken Cartier (2014), Jason Allen (2014), Richard Prickett (2012), Sherry Scull (2012) and Diane Stinney (2012).[22] The Police Department consists of 57 officers and is headed by Chief David Jantas.[23]

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Pemberton Township is in the 3rd Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 8th state legislative district.[19][24]

New Jersey's Third Congressional District is represented by Jon Runyan (R, Mount Laurel Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 8th district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Dawn Marie Addiego (R, Evesham Township) and in the General Assembly by Christopher J. Brown (R, Evesham Township) and Scott Rudder (R, Medford).[25] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[26] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[27]

Burlington County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose five members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. As of 2011, Burlington County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Bruce D. Garganio (Florence Township, 2012), Deputy Director Christopher J. Brown (Evesham Township, 2011), Joseph B. Donnelly (Cinnaminson Township, 2013), Mary Ann O'Brien (Medford Township, 2012) and Mary Anne Reinhart (Shamong Township, 2011).[28][29]

[edit] Education

The Pemberton Township School District Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[30]) include Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center, seven elementary schools — Samuel T. Busansky Elementary School (grades PreK-4; 289 students), Aletta Crichton Elementary School (PreK-4; 580), Alexander Denbo Elementary School (PreK-4; 328), Howard L. Emmons Elementary School (PreK-4; 372), Fort Dix Elementary School (PreK-5; 222), Haines Harker-Wylie School (was PreK-4; 327 / grade 5; 125) and Joseph S. Stackhouse Elementary School (K-4; 283) — Helen Fort / Newcomb Middle School (was 5-6; 542 / 7-8; 651) and Pemberton Township High School (9-12; 1,144).[31]

Pemberton Township is the location of the main campus of Burlington County College, the county's community college, having moved to its first permanent location in Pemberton Township in 1971.[32]

[edit] Commerce

Portions of Pemberton Township are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone. In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3½% sales tax rate (versus the 7% rate charged statewide).[33]

Pemberton Township is home to Deborah Heart and Lung Center, founded in 1922.[1]

[edit] Transportation

New Jersey Transit provides bus service to Philadelphia on the 317 line.[34]

The major roads that pass through are CR 530, Route 70 in the south and U.S. Route 206 along the western border. I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike are outside in neighboring Springfield, but the closest interchanges are two towns away.

[edit] Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Pemberton Township include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c General Information, Pemberton Township. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  2. ^ a b 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 43.
  3. ^ 2011 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, November 20, 2011. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Department of Administration, Pemberton Township. Accessed May 12, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Gazetteer of New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Pemberton, Geographic Names Information System, accessed December 11, 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d e f DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Pemberton township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 26, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Pemberton township, Burlington County, New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed January 26, 2012.
  9. ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Browns Mills, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  10. ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Pemberton, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  11. ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  12. ^ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.
  13. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  14. ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 205. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  15. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  16. ^ "Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I", United States Census Bureau, p. 715. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  17. ^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 2, 2009. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  18. ^ a b c d e Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Pemberton township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  19. ^ a b Municipalities Grouped by 2011-2020 Legislative Districts, New Jersey Department of State, p. 5. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  20. ^ DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Pemberton township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  21. ^ Office of the Mayor, Pemberton Township. Accessed July 2, 2008.
  22. ^ Township Council, Pemberton Township. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  23. ^ Home page, Pemberton Township Police Department. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  24. ^ Districts by Number for 2011-2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  25. ^ Legislative Roster 2012-2013 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2012.
  26. ^ "About the Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/about/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  27. ^ "About the Lieutenant Governor". New Jersey. http://www.nj.gov/governor/lt/. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  28. ^ Meet the Freeholders, Burlington County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders. Accessed January 3, 2011.
  29. ^ Staff. BRUCE GARGANIO CHOSEN FREEHOLDER DIRECTOR FOR SECOND YEAR; CHRIS BROWN OF EVESHAM CHOSEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR, Burlington County, New Jersey press release dated January 1, 2011. Accessed January 3, 2011.
  30. ^ data for the Pemberton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  31. ^ Schools, Pemberton Township Schools. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  32. ^ College History, Burlington County College. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  33. ^ Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) Program > Local Zone Support, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  34. ^ Burlington County Bus/Rail Connections, New Jersey Transit, Backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 26, 2010. Accessed January 29, 2012.
  35. ^ Levinsky, David. "Sister Carmela Marie Cristiano, champion of the needy, dies at age 83", Burlington County Times, August 3, 2011. Accessed August 10, 2011. "The longtime Pemberton Township resident and member of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth died Monday night. She was 83."
  36. ^ Matt Emmons Wins Olympic Gold, Accessed October 30, 2006.
  37. ^ Genzlinger, Neil. "JERSEY; Dear Graduates: Wake Up, and Thanks for Stopping By", The New York Times, May 16, 2004. Accessed December 11, 2007. "I know that your first choice for a speaker today was Edward Forchion Jr., the Brown Mills marijuana advocate whose request to have his name legally changed to NJWeedman.com was rejected by an appeals court the other day."
  38. ^ New Jersey Governor George Franklin Fort, National Governors Association. Accessed August 10, 2011. "George F. Fort, the twenty-first governor of New Jersey, was born in Pemberton, New Jersey in May 1809."
  39. ^ New Jersey Governor John Franklin Fort, National Governors Association. Accessed August 10, 2011. "John F. Fort, the forty-second governor of New Jersey and nephew of New Jersey Governor George Franklin Fort, was born in Pemberton, New Jersey on March 20, 1852."
  40. ^ Gurney, Kaitlin. "National GOP chairman pays N.J. a visit He gave the state, once thought firmly in Democrats' hands, a jolt of campaign cash. Polls indicate voters are evenly split on Bush and Kerry.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 2004. Accessed May 12, 2011. "Ed Gillespie, a Pemberton Township native, said the Bush-Cheney campaign had not planned to spend money in New Jersey - which Al Gore won by 16 points in the 2000 presidential race - but had "shifted resources" in an attempt to win the 15 electoral votes in the remaining month before the election."
  41. ^ Staff. "BROTHERS SHARE THE KEY TO THEIR NFL SUCCESS \ IT'S SCHOOL, SAID ED AND IRV SMITH, PEMBERTON GRADS.", Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 1999. Accessed January 30, 2012. "At 6 feet, 4 inches and 253 pounds, Ed Smith, a tight end for the Cleveland Browns, is a force to be reckoned with. The same is said of his brother Irv, who at 6-foot-3 and 262 pounds will play the same position next season for the reborn NFL team. But when ``The Boss calls, ``we had better listen, said Ed Smith, 29, the older of the two brothers from Browns Mills."
  42. ^ Staff. "Football Recruits Sign Today; Notre Dame Reaps Top Prep Harvest", The Washington Post, February 8, 1989. Accessed May 12, 2011. "Notre Dame has received oral commitments from 17 of the 161 players given all-America status by SuperPrep, including the top-rated prospects in two of the magazine's nine categories: quarterback Rick Mirer of Goshen, Ind., and tight end Irv Smith of Pemberton, N.J."
  43. ^ Abdou, Nyier. "N.J. farm growing blueberry not seen for decades", The Star-Ledger, July 2, 2009. Accessed May 12, 2011. "The commercial blueberry was first cultivated in the New Jersey Pinelands by Elizabeth Coleman White, the daughter of a local cranberry farmer, and agricultural scientist Frederick Coville. White’s farm, known as Whitesbog Village, in Pemberton Township, is still farmed by the same family as J.J. White, Inc."

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