Riverside Township, New Jersey
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Riverside Township 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 8,003,[8][9] a decrease of 76 (−0.9%) from the 2010 census count of 8,079,[18][19] which in turn reflected an increase of 168 (+2.1%) from the 7,911 counted in the 2000 census.[20] The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.[21]
Riverside Township, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.035677°N 74.955801°W / 40.035677; -74.955801[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Burlington |
Incorporated | February 20, 1895 |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | Michael Higgins (R, term ends December 31, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator | Meghan Jack[4] |
• Municipal clerk | Susan M. Dydek[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.61 sq mi (4.16 km2) |
• Land | 1.48 sq mi (3.84 km2) |
• Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km2) 7.70% |
• Rank | 440th of 565 in state 34th of 40 in county[1] |
Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,003 |
• Estimate | 8,034 |
• Rank | 293rd of 565 in state 21st of 40 in county[11] |
• Density | 5,392.9/sq mi (2,082.2/km2) |
• Rank | 103rd of 565 in state 1st of 40 in county[11] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 856 exchanges: 461, 764, 824[14] |
FIPS code | 3400563510[1][15][16] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882098[1][17] |
Website | www |
Riverside was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 20, 1895, from portions of Delran Township.[22] A portion of the township was annexed by Delran in 1901.[23] The township was originally named Progress which was changed to Riverside for its location on the Delaware River.[24]