Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey
Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey | |
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Location of Upper Deerfield 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 Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Cumberland County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′42″N 75°13′01″W / 39.494923°N 75.216943°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cumberland |
| Incorporated | April 3, 1922 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | James P. Crilley (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Roy J. Spoltore |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.39 sq mi (81.31 km2) |
| • Land | 31.24 sq mi (80.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.39 km2) 0.48% |
| • Rank | 82nd of 565 in state 8th of 14 in county |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,645 |
• Estimate (2023) | 7,830 |
| • Rank | 304th of 565 in state 4th of 14 in county |
| • Density | 244.7/sq mi (94.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 491st of 565 in state 5th of 14 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08302 – Seabrook |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3401174870 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882055 |
| Website | upperdeerfield |
Upper Deerfield 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, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Delaware Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,645, a decrease of 15 (−0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 7,660, which in turn reflected an increase of 104 (+1.4%) from the 7,556 counted in the 2000 census.
Upper Deerfield Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1922, from portions of Deerfield Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 3, 1922. The township was named for Deerfield Township, which in turn was named for Deerfield, Massachusetts.
It is a dry town, where alcohol cannot be sold, as affirmed by a referendum passed in 1972. Upper Deerfield does not have its own police force and is protected by the New Jersey State Police.