North Hanover Township, New Jersey
North Hanover Township, New Jersey | |
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Jacobstown, a settlement within the township | |
North Hanover Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of North Hanover Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°05′24″N 74°35′08″W / 40.089961°N 74.585444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | April 12, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | David Forsyth Jr. (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Mary Picariello |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.51 sq mi (45.35 km2) |
| • Land | 17.37 sq mi (44.98 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2) 0.81% |
| • Rank | 164th of 565 in state 15th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 154 ft (47 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,963 |
• Estimate (2023) | 8,007 |
| • Rank | 294th of 565 in state 22nd of 40 in county |
| • Density | 458.5/sq mi (177.0/km2) |
| • Rank | 445th of 565 in state 28th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08562 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 723, 724, 752, 758 |
| FIPS code | 3400553070 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882087 |
| Website | www |
North 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 7,963, an increase of 285 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 7,678, which in turn reflected an increase of 331 (+4.5%) from the 7,347 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.
North Hanover Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1905, from portions of New Hanover Township. Portions of the township were taken on March 4, 1918, to form Wrightstown.