Shamong Township, New Jersey
Shamong Township, New Jersey | |
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Samuel Richards Mansion in Atsion, a settlement within Shamong Township | |
Shamong Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Shamong Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°47′06″N 74°43′02″W / 39.78500°N 74.71718°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | February 19, 1852 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Michael Di Croce (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Susan Onorato |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.01 sq mi (116.58 km2) |
| • Land | 44.45 sq mi (115.14 km2) |
| • Water | 0.56 sq mi (1.44 km2) 1.24% |
| • Rank | 41st of 565 in state 6th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,460 |
• Estimate (2023) | 6,503 |
| • Rank | 329th of 565 in state 25th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 145.3/sq mi (56.1/km2) |
| • Rank | 523rd of 565 in state 35th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08088 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 268, 801, 859 |
| FIPS code | 3400566810 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882084 |
| Website | www |
Shamong Township (pronounced "Shuh-MUNG") 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 6,460, a decrease of 30 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,490, which in turn reflected an increase of 28 (+0.4%) from the 6,462 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.
Shamong was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 19, 1852, from portions of Medford, Southampton and Washington townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Woodland Township (March 7, 1866) and Tabernacle Township (March 22, 1901). In April 1902, portions of Hammonton and Waterford Township were annexed to the township. The township's name comes from Native American terms meaning "place of the big horn", from the words oschummo ("horn") and onk ("place").
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Shamong Township as its 6th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.