Tavistock, New Jersey
Tavistock, New Jersey | |
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Tavistock Country Club clubhouse | |
Tavistock highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Tavistock, New Jersey | |
Location in Camden County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′35″N 75°01′47″W / 39.876265°N 75.029807°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Camden |
| Incorporated | February 16, 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Joseph Del Duca (term ends December 31, 2025) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Denise K. Moules |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2) |
| • Land | 0.27 sq mi (0.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) 1.07% |
| • Rank | 555th of 565 in state 34th of 37 in county |
| Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9 |
• Estimate (2023) | 7 |
| • Rank | 564th of 565 in state 37th of 37 in county |
| • Density | 33.0/sq mi (12.7/km2) |
| • Rank | 558th of 565 in state 36th of 37 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08033 – Haddonfield |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400772240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885416 |
| Website | www |
Tavistock is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9, an increase of 4 (+80.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5, which in turn reflected a decline of 19 (−79.2%) from the 24 counted in the 2000 census. As of the 2010 Census it was the smallest municipality by population in New Jersey, with seven fewer residents than nearby Pine Valley, which had 12, while the 2020 census placed Tavistock as second-smallest by population, two more than Walpack Township, New Jersey, which had a population of 7.
Tavistock was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 16, 1921, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township. The name of the borough came from the estate in England of a family of early settlers.
The borough was formed in order to allow the members of Tavistock Country Club to play golf on Sundays by members of the Victor Talking Machine Company. This was prohibited at the Haddon Country Club, which was governed by a local blue law prohibiting sporting activities on Sundays. Tavistock's secession from Haddonfield, New Jersey, the original site of the club, is said to have been driven by the fact that Haddonfield was (and remains) a dry borough, though Tavistock was formed in 1921 during Prohibition when liquor would have been banned. Members of the club included State Senator Joseph Wallworth and Assembly Speaker T. Harry Rowland, who helped push the bill that created the new municipality to unanimous approval in the New Jersey Legislature.