Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey
Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey | |
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Municipal Building | |
Pilesgrove Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Salem County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°39′52″N 75°23′45″W / 39.664363°N 75.395772°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Earliest mention | April 15, 1701 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Kevin Eachus (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Melissa Fackler |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.17 sq mi (91.09 km2) |
| • Land | 34.94 sq mi (90.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0.23 sq mi (0.61 km2) 0.67% |
| • Rank | 69th of 565 in state 5th of 15 in county |
| Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,183 |
• Estimate (2023) | 4,224 |
| • Rank | 409th of 565 in state 6th of 15 in county |
| • Density | 119.7/sq mi (46.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 532nd of 565 in state 8th of 15 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08098 |
| Area code | 856 exchange: 769 |
| FIPS code | 3403358530 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882132 |
| Website | www |
Pilesgrove 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 4,183, an increase of 167 (+4.2%) from the 2010 census count of 4,016, which in turn reflected an increase of 93 (+2.4%) from the 3,923 counted in the 2000 census.
Pile's Grove was first mentioned in a deed dated April 15, 1701, through the date of the township's original corporation is unknown. Pilesgrove was incorporated as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships that were established on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on December 6, 1769, to form Pittsgrove Township and on July 26, 1882, to create Woodstown. The township was named for Thomas Pyle.
In 1979, Pilesgrove Township enacted the state's first right-to-farm law, protecting farming as a "natural right hereby ordained to exist as a permitted use everywhere in the Township of Pilesgrove."