New Hanover Township, New Jersey
New Hanover Township, New Jersey | |
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Cookstown, an unincorporated community within New Hanover Township | |
New Hanover Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°00′50″N 74°34′30″W / 40.013969°N 74.575016°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Royal charter | December 2, 1723 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Paul D. Peterla (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Susan D. Jackson |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.56 sq mi (58.42 km2) |
| • Land | 22.33 sq mi (57.84 km2) |
| • Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2) 0.99% |
| • Rank | 122nd of 565 in state 11th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,367 |
• Estimate (2023) | 6,348 |
| • Rank | 333rd of 565 in state 26th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 285.1/sq mi (110.1/km2) |
| • Rank | 480th of 565 in state 33rd of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08511 – Cookstown |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400551510 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882088 |
| Website | www |
New Hanover Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,367, a decrease of 1,018 (−13.8%) from the 2010 census count of 7,385, which in turn reflected decline of 2,359 (−24.2%) from the 9,744 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.