Woodlynne, New Jersey
Woodlynne, New Jersey | |
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Woodlynne Log Cabin | |
Location of Woodlynne in Camden County highlighted and circled in red (right). Inset map: Location of Camden County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Woodlynne, New Jersey | |
Location in Camden County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′59″N 75°05′44″W / 39.916478°N 75.095549°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Camden |
| Settled | 1681 |
| Incorporated | March 19, 1901 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Joseph Chukwueke (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Luis Pastoriza |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.23 sq mi (0.58 km2) |
| • Land | 0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) 3.04% |
| • Rank | 558th of 565 in state 35th of 37 in county |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,902 |
• Estimate (2023) | 2,909 |
| • Rank | 452nd of 565 in state 29th of 37 in county |
| • Density | 13,338.4/sq mi (5,150.0/km2) |
| • Rank | 21st of 565 in state 1st of 37 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08107 |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400782450 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885450 |
| Website | www |
Woodlynne is a borough in Camden County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb located 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,902, a decrease of 76 (−2.6%) from the 2,978 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 182 (+6.5%) from the 2,796 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is the state's eighth-smallest municipality. Established on the site of a defunct amusement park, the entire borough of Woodlynne is less than one-third the size of Six Flags Great Adventure and Safari.
Woodlynne was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1901, from portions of Haddon Township. In 1906, the City of Camden made an unsuccessful attempt to annex Woodlynne.
Woodlynne had the highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 7.384% in 2020, compared to a statewide average of 2.279% and 3.470% in Camden County. As of the 2010 census, Woodlynne was also home to the highest percentage of Vietnamese residents in New Jersey, at 6.9%.