Bordentown Township, New Jersey
Bordentown Township, New Jersey | |
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U.S. Route 206 northbound in Bordentown Township | |
Location of Bordentown Township in Burlington County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Burlington County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Bordentown Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°07′38″N 74°45′19″W / 40.12732°N 74.755339°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | March 8, 1852 |
| Named after | Joseph Borden |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Eugene M. Fuzy (D, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Administrator | Michael P. Theokas |
| • Municipal clerk | Maria Carrington |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.28 sq mi (24.02 km2) |
| • Land | 8.66 sq mi (22.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2) 6.59% |
| • Rank | 216th of 565 in state 21st of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,791 |
• Estimate (2023) | 12,038 |
| • Rank | 214th of 565 in state 13th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 1,361.1/sq mi (525.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 350th of 565 in state 21st of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08505 |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400506700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882110 |
| Website | www |
Bordentown Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 11,791, an increase of 424 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 11,367, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,987 (+35.6%) from the 8,380 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Bordentown was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1852, from portions of Chesterfield Township and Mansfield Township, based on the results of a referendum held that same day. Bordentown city separated from the township in 1877 and Fieldsboro became fully independent in 1894 The township was named for founder Joseph Borden.