Weymouth Township, New Jersey
Weymouth Township, New Jersey | |
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Map of Weymouth Township in Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Weymouth Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Atlantic County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°23′47″N 74°49′37″W / 39.39633°N 74.826955°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Named after | Weymouth, Dorset |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Kenneth R. Haeser (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Dorothy-Jo Ayres |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.17 sq mi (31.52 km2) |
| • Land | 11.82 sq mi (30.62 km2) |
| • Water | 0.35 sq mi (0.90 km2) 2.84% |
| • Rank | 188th of 565 in state 9th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,614 |
• Estimate (2023) | 2,642 |
| • Rank | 463rd of 565 in state 18th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 221.1/sq mi (85.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 497th of 565 in state 17th of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08330 – Mays Landing |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 476, 625, 909 |
| FIPS code | 3400180330 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882050 |
| Website | www |
Weymouth Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,614, a decrease of 101 (−3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,715, which in turn reflected an increase of 458 (+20.3%) from the 2,257 counted in the 2000 census.
Named for Weymouth, Dorset, the township was created as a constablewick in 1694 and was known in its early days as "New Waymouth Township". Weymouth Township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 12, 1798, from portions of Egg Harbor Township, while the area was still part of Gloucester County, and was incorporated nine days later. Portions of the township were taken on February 5, 1813, to create Hamilton Township. Weymouth Township became part of the newly created Atlantic County on February 7, 1837. Portions of the township were taken on March 11, 1922, to form Corbin City, and on March 14, 1925, to form Estell Manor.
Geographically, the township, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.