National Park, New Jersey
National Park, New Jersey | |
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The James and Ann Whitall House on the Red Bank Battlefield, where the Revolutionary War's Battle of Red Bank was fought on October 22, 1777 | |
| Motto: Home to the Red Bank Battlefield | |
Location of National Park in Gloucester County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of National Park, New Jersey | |
Location in Gloucester County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′02″N 75°11′08″W / 39.867297°N 75.185621°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Gloucester |
| Incorporated | April 15, 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Dennis Burke (D, term ends December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Joy Gunn |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.44 sq mi (3.73 km2) |
| • Land | 1.01 sq mi (2.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.43 sq mi (1.12 km2) 30.14% |
| • Rank | 457th of 565 in state 20th of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,026 |
• Estimate (2023) | 3,063 |
| • Rank | 448th of 565 in state 21st of 24 in county |
| • Density | 3,003.7/sq mi (1,159.7/km2) |
| • Rank | 218th of 565 in state 6th of 24 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08063 |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3401549680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885314 |
| Website | www |
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 (−0.3%) from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 (−5.3%) from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. Despite its name, National Park is neither a national park nor associated with one.
National Park had the 18th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey in 2020, with an equalized rate of 4.446% compared to 3.212% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.