Lawnside, New Jersey
Lawnside, New Jersey | |
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Mount Peace Cemetery and Funeral Directing Company Cemetery | |
Location of Lawnside in Camden County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Camden County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Lawnside, New Jersey | |
Location in Camden County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′02″N 75°01′44″W / 39.867308°N 75.028903°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Camden |
| Incorporated | April 20, 1926 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Mary Ann Wardlow (D, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator | Angelique Rankins |
| • Municipal clerk | Marsharee Wright (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.43 sq mi (3.70 km2) |
| • Land | 1.43 sq mi (3.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0.00% |
| • Rank | 459th of 565 in state 25th of 37 in county |
| Elevation | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,955 |
• Estimate (2023) | 3,301 |
| • Rank | 451st of 565 in state 28th of 37 in county |
| • Density | 2,065.8/sq mi (797.6/km2) |
| • Rank | 289th of 565 in state 30th of 37 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08045 |
| Area code(s) | 856 exchanges: 310, 546, 547, 573, 672 |
| FIPS code | 3400739420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885274 |
| Website | www |
Lawnside is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Lawnside was developed in 1840 and incorporated in 1926 as the first independent, self-governing Black municipality north of the Mason–Dixon line. The United Parcel Service has a large depot in the borough. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,955, an increase of 10 (+0.3%) from the 2010 census count of 2,945, which in turn reflected an increase of 253 (+9.4%) from the 2,692 counted in the 2000 census.
In 2021, the borough had the 25th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.213% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.