Kingwood Township, New Jersey
Kingwood Township, New Jersey | |
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Thatcher House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places | |
Location of Kingwood Township in Hunterdon County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Hunterdon County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Kingwood Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Hunterdon County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°29′41″N 75°01′10″W / 40.494704°N 75.019461°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Hunterdon |
| Established | 1746 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Lance Riggio. (R, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Jeffrey Jotz |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.62 sq mi (92.24 km2) |
| • Land | 35.01 sq mi (90.66 km2) |
| • Water | 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2) 1.71% |
| • Rank | 67th of 565 in state 4th of 26 in county |
| Elevation | 469 ft (143 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,802 |
• Estimate (2023) | 3,843 |
| • Rank | 420th of 565 in state 13th of 26 in county |
| • Density | 108.6/sq mi (41.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 535th of 565 in state 26th of 26 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08803 – Baptistown |
| Area code | 908 |
| FIPS code | 3401937065 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882183 |
| Website | www |
Kingwood Township is a township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located on the Hunterdon Plateau. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,802, a decrease of 43 (−1.1%) from the 2010 census count of 3,845, which in turn reflected an increase of 63 (+1.7%) from the 3,782 counted in the 2000 census.