Riverside Township, New Jersey
Riverside Township, New Jersey | |
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Riverside Station on the River Line | |
Location of Riverside Township in Burlington County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Burlington County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Riverside Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′08″N 74°57′21″W / 40.035677°N 74.955801°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | February 20, 1895 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Michael Higgins (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Meghan Jack |
| • Municipal clerk | Susan M. Dydek |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.61 sq mi (4.16 km2) |
| • Land | 1.48 sq mi (3.84 km2) |
| • Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km2) 7.70% |
| • Rank | 440th of 565 in state 34th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,003 |
• Estimate (2023) | 8,056 |
| • Rank | 293rd of 565 in state 21st of 40 in county |
| • Density | 5,392.9/sq mi (2,082.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 103rd of 565 in state 1st of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08075 |
| Area code(s) | 856 exchanges: 461, 764, 824 |
| FIPS code | 3400563510 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882098 |
| Website | www |
Riverside 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 8,003, a decrease of 76 (−0.9%) from the 2010 census count of 8,079, which in turn reflected an increase of 168 (+2.1%) from the 7,911 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.
Riverside was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 20, 1895, from portions of Delran Township. A portion of the township was annexed by Delran in 1901. The township was originally named Progress which was changed to Riverside for its location on the Delaware River.