Alloway Township, New Jersey
Alloway Township, New Jersey | |
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Alloway Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Alloway Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Salem County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′44″N 75°18′38″W / 39.562311°N 75.310603°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Royal charter | June 17, 1767, as Upper Alloways Creek Township |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Renamed | February 21, 1884, as Alloway Township |
| Named after | Native American Chief Alloway |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | P. Ed McKelvey (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Charlet Cheeseman |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.91 sq mi (87.84 km2) |
| • Land | 33.48 sq mi (86.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2) 1.29% |
| • Rank | 71st of 565 in state 6th of 15 in county |
| Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,283 |
• Estimate (2023) | 3,319 |
| • Rank | 435th of 565 in state 9th of 15 in county |
| • Density | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 542nd of 565 in state 10th of 15 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08001 |
| Area codes | 856 exchanges: 339, 878, 935 |
| FIPS code | 3403300880 |
| GNIS feature ID | 00882131 |
| Website | www |
Alloway Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,283, a decrease of 184 (−5.3%) from the 2010 census count of 3,467, which in turn reflected an increase of 693 (+25.0%) from the 2,774 counted in the 2000 census.