Westampton, New Jersey
Westampton, New Jersey | |
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Westampton Township Municipal Building | |
Westampton Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Westampton Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°01′00″N 74°49′15″W / 40.016732°N 74.820906°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | March 6, 1850 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township committee |
| • Mayor | Sandy Henley (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Wendy Gibson |
| • Municipal clerk | Wendy Gibson (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.10 sq mi (28.75 km2) |
| • Land | 10.97 sq mi (28.42 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) 1.15% |
| • Rank | 200th of 565 in state 19th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,121 |
• Estimate (2023) | 9,195 |
| • Rank | 261st of 565 in state 18th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 831.1/sq mi (320.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 404th of 565 in state 26th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08060 – Mount Holly |
| Area code | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400578200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882103 |
| Website | www |
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Westampton 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 9,121, an increase of 308 (+3.5%) from the 2010 census count of 8,813, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,596 (+22.1%) from the 7,217 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.
Westampton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1850, from portions of Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly Township). Portions of the township were taken to form Eastampton Township on February 11, 1880. Its name derives from its original location in the western portion of what was Northampton Township.
The township is the home of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area.