Winslow Township, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey | |
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Train at Winslow Junction | |
Location of Winslow Township in Camden County highlighted in red. | |
Census Bureau map of Winslow Township, New Jersey | |
Location in Camden County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°42′06″N 74°54′30″W / 39.701722°N 74.908351°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Camden |
| Incorporated | November 26, 1867 |
| Named after | Edward Winslow Coffin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Marie Lawrence (D, ending December 31, 2027) |
| • Administrator | Joseph Gallagher |
| • Municipal clerk | Lisa Dority |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.25 sq mi (150.87 km2) |
| • Land | 57.42 sq mi (148.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2) 1.43% |
| • Rank | 24th of 565 in state 1st of 37 in county |
| Elevation | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 39,907 |
• Estimate (2023) | 40,047 |
| • Rank | 60th of 565 in state 4th of 37 in county |
| • Density | 695.0/sq mi (268.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 421st of 565 in state 34th of 37 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08095 |
| Area code(s) | 609, 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400781740 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882150 |
| Website | www |
Winslow Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 39,907, an increase of 408 (+1.0%) from the 2010 census count of 39,499, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,888 (+14.1%) from the 34,611 counted in the 2000 census.
Winslow Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1845, from portions of Gloucester Township. Portions of the township were taken on November 26, 1867, to create Chesilhurst. In 1950, the township annexed a portion of Monroe Township in Gloucester County. The township, and all of Camden County, is part of South Jersey and of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area.