Haddon Heights, New Jersey
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Haddon Heights is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,495,[9][10] an increase of 22 (+0.3%) from the 2010 census count of 7,473,[19][20] which in turn reflected a decline of 74 (−1.0%) from the 7,547 counted in the 2000 census.[21]
Haddon Heights, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 39.879127°N 75.065918°W / 39.879127; -75.065918[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Camden |
European settlement | 1699 |
Incorporated | March 2, 1904 |
Named for | Elizabeth Haddon |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Zachary Houck (D, term ends December 31, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator | Dave Taraschi[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Kelly Santosusso[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.57 sq mi (4.07 km2) |
• Land | 1.57 sq mi (4.06 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.32% |
• Rank | 445th of 565 in state 22nd of 37 in county[1] |
Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,495 |
• Estimate | 7,484 |
• Rank | 306th of 565 in state 17th of 37 in county[12] |
• Density | 4,786.1/sq mi (1,847.9/km2) |
• Rank | 118th of 565 in state 12th of 37 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code | 856[15] |
FIPS code | 3400728800[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885239[1][18] |
Website | www |
Haddon Heights was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1904, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township and parts of Haddon Township.[22] Haddon Heights is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold.[23][24] The borough was named for Elizabeth Haddon, an early settler of the area.[25]
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Haddon Heights as the 98th best place to live in New Jersey in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey,[26] and the borough has also been listed among its "Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia" by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.[27] In 2011, New Jersey Monthly named Haddon Heights the second best town to live in Southern New Jersey, after Moorestown Township.[28]