Stow Creek Township, New Jersey
Stow Creek Township, New Jersey | |
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Cohansey Baptist Church | |
Location of Stow Creek Township in Cumberland County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Cumberland County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Stow Creek Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Cumberland County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°27′22″N 75°21′18″W / 39.456196°N 75.355016°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cumberland |
| Formed | January 19, 1748 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Dale F. Cruzan Sr. (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Bruce Porter |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.89 sq mi (48.93 km2) |
| • Land | 18.27 sq mi (47.31 km2) |
| • Water | 0.63 sq mi (1.62 km2) 3.32% |
| • Rank | 151st of 565 in state 10th of 14 in county |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,312 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,317 |
| • Rank | 522nd of 565 in state 12th of 14 in county |
| • Density | 71.8/sq mi (27.7/km2) |
| • Rank | 549th of 565 in state 11th of 14 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08302 – Bridgeton |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3401171160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882057 |
| Website | stowcreektwp |
Stow Creek Township is a township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,312, a decrease of 119 (−8.3%) from the 2010 census count of 1,431, which in turn reflected an increase of two people (+0.1%) from the 1,429 counted in the 2000 census.
It is a dry township, where alcohol is not permitted to be sold by law.