Tabernacle Township, New Jersey
Tabernacle Township, New Jersey | |
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Center of the township — The municipal building is in the foreground | |
| Motto: Gateway to the Pines | |
Tabernacle Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Tabernacle Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′14″N 74°39′09″W / 39.8206°N 74.6526°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | March 22, 1901 |
| Named after | Tabernacle in the Wilderness Church |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Mark Hartman (R, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Administrator | Maryalice Brown |
| • Municipal clerk | Maryalice Brown |
| Area | |
• Total | 49.63 sq mi (128.54 km2) |
| • Land | 49.20 sq mi (127.43 km2) |
| • Water | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) 0.86% |
| • Rank | 33rd of 565 in state 5th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,776 |
• Estimate (2023) | 6,877 |
| • Rank | 324th of 565 in state 24th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 526th of 565 in state 36th 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 | 3400572060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882081 |
| Website | www |
Tabernacle 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 6,776, a decrease of 173 (−2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,949, which in turn reflected a decline of 221 (−3.1%) from the 7,170 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.
Tabernacle was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1901, from portions of Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Woodland Township. The township was named for a tabernacle constructed by missionaries David and John Brainerd.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tabernacle Township as its 23rd best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tabernacle Township as its sixth-best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. In 2009, it was rated the #1 small town by South Jersey Magazine.