Buena, New Jersey
Buena, New Jersey | |
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| Motto: "A Small Town with a Big Heart" | |
Location of Buena in Atlantic County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Atlantic County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Buena, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°31′45″N 74°56′43″W / 39.52917°N 74.945205°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | September 1, 1948 |
| Named after | Buena Vista Township/Battle of Buena Vista |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Joseph Baruffi (R, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Municipal clerk | Pamela Johnston (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.57 sq mi (19.62 km2) |
| • Land | 7.57 sq mi (19.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0.01% |
| • Rank | 235th of 565 in state 15th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,501 |
• Estimate (2023) | 4,489 |
| • Rank | 395th of 565 in state 16th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 594.4/sq mi (229.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 432nd of 565 in state 12th of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code(s) | 609, 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400108680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885173 |
| Website | www |
Buena (/ˈbjuːnə/ BEW-nə) is a borough in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Atlantic County, is part of South Jersey and the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,501, a decrease of 102 (−2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 4,603, which in turn reflected an increase of 730 (+18.8%) from the 3,873 counted in the 2000 census.