Lumberton, New Jersey
Lumberton, New Jersey | |
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Center of Lumberton | |
Lumberton Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Lumberton, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′32″N 74°48′09″W / 39.958855°N 74.802478°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | March 14, 1860 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Gina LaPlaca (D, term ends December 31, 2025) |
| • Administrator | Meredith Riculfy |
| • Municipal clerk | Bobbie Quinn |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.01 sq mi (33.71 km2) |
| • Land | 12.88 sq mi (33.37 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) 1.01% |
| • Rank | 183rd of 565 in state 18th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 12,803 |
• Estimate (2023) | 12,886 |
| • Rank | 199th of 565 in state 12th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 993.9/sq mi (383.7/km2) |
| • Rank | 386th of 565 in state 24th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08048 |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400542060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882091 |
| Website | www |
Lumberton is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 12,803, an increase of 244 (+1.9%) from the 2010 census count of 12,559, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,098 (+20.1%) from the 10,461 counted in the 2000 census.
Lumberton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1860, from portions of Medford, Southampton and Eastampton townships. Portions of Lumberton were taken on March 12, 1924, to form Hainesport Township. Named for its early lumber industry, the township supplied Philadelphia with wood from harvested pitch pines.
In March 2007, Lumberton was identified as having the most active community of eBay buyers and sellers on a per-capita basis in the United States, with 46,000 items posted on the site over a three-week period by members based in the Lumberton ZIP code 08048.