Wenonah, New Jersey
Wenonah, New Jersey | |
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Stone House Inn, built c. 1773 | |
Map of Wenonah highlighted within Gloucester County. Inset: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Wenonah, New Jersey | |
Location in Gloucester County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°47′31″N 75°08′54″W / 39.792001°N 75.148216°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Gloucester |
| Incorporated | March 10, 1883 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Jessica S. Doheny (D, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Municipal clerk | Karen L. Sweeney |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2) |
| • Land | 1.00 sq mi (2.58 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2) 1.58% |
| • Rank | 498th of 565 in state 23rd of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,283 |
• Estimate (2023) | 2,309 |
| • Rank | 476th of 565 in state 23rd of 24 in county |
| • Density | 2,293.0/sq mi (885.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 272nd of 565 in state 9th of 24 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08090 |
| Area code(s) | 856 Exchanges: 415, 464, 468 |
| FIPS code | 3401578110 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885434 |
| Website | www |
Wenonah is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,283, an increase of five people (+0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 2,278, which in turn reflected a decline of 39 (−1.7%) from the 2,317 counted in the 2000 census. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city.
Wenonah was established as a borough by the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1883, from portions of Deptford Township, based on the results of a referendum that was held two days earlier. The borough was named for the mother of Hiawatha in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha.
It is a dry town where alcohol cannot be bought or sold legally.
The borough had the 29th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.120% in 2020, compared to 3.212% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.