Pennsville Township, New Jersey
Pennsville Township, New Jersey | |
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Pennsville Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in New Jersey. | |
map of Pennsville Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Salem County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°37′35″N 75°30′12″W / 39.626341°N 75.503451°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Formed | July 10, 1721 as Lower Penns Neck Township |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Renamed | November 2, 1965 as Pennsville Township |
| Named after | William Penn |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Daniel J. Neu (R, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Administrator | Jack Lynch |
| • Municipal clerk | Angela Foote |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.58 sq mi (63.66 km2) |
| • Land | 21.27 sq mi (55.08 km2) |
| • Water | 3.31 sq mi (8.58 km2) 13.48% |
| • Rank | 111th of 565 in state 7th of 15 in county |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 12,684 |
• Estimate (2023) | 12,765 |
| • Rank | 201st of 565 in state 1st of 15 in county |
| • Density | 596.4/sq mi (230.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 431st of 565 in state 5th of 15 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08070 |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3403357870 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882134 |
| Website | www |
Pennsville Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is named for William Penn. It is the westernmost town in New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 12,684, a decrease of 725 (−5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 13,409, which in turn reflected an increase of 215 (+1.6%) from the 13,194 counted in the 2000 census.
The township had the 24th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.285% in 2020, compared to 3.476% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%. The township, and all of Salem County, is part of South Jersey and of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.