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Woodbury, New Jersey
Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Woodbury is the county seat of Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[20] The city, and all of Gloucester County, is part 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.[21] As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,963,[10][11] a decrease of 211 (−2.1%) from the 2010 census count of 10,174,[22][23] which in turn reflected a decline of 133 (−1.3%) from the 10,307 in the 2000 census.[24]
Woodbury, New Jersey | |
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Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse, January 2010 | |
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| Motto: "The city you can grow with!" | |
 Map of Woodbury highlighted within Gloucester County Inset: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey. | |
 Census Bureau map of Woodbury, New Jersey
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  Woodbury Location in the United States Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39.837906°N 75.15153°W / 39.837906; -75.15153[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County |  Gloucester |
| Founded | 1683 |
| Incorporated | March 27, 1854 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Kyle Miller (D, term ends December 31, 2024)[4][5] |
| • Administrator | John Leech[6] |
| • Municipal clerk | Cassidy L. Swanson [7] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.10 sq mi (5.45 km2) |
| • Land | 2.02 sq mi (5.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.22 km2) 3.95% |
| • Rank | 402nd of 565 in state 18th of 24 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,963 |
| • Estimate | 10,048 |
| • Rank | 247th of 565 in state 11th of 24 in county[13] |
| • Density | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) |
| • Rank | 114th of 565 in state 1st of 24 in county[13] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code | 856[16] |
| FIPS code | 3401582120[1][17][18] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885447[1][19] |
| Website | www |
Woodbury was originally formed as a borough on March 27, 1854, within Deptford Township based on the results of a March 22, 1854, referendum. On January 2, 1871, Woodbury was reincorporated as a city based on the results of a referendum held that day.[25]
Inspira Health Network is based in Woodbury.[26] The now-defunct Woodbury Country Club operated in Woodbury from 1897 to 2010, closing due to declining membership and mounting debt that led to its 2013 bankruptcy filing.[27]
The city had the 14th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey with an equalized rate of 4.582% as of 2020 compared to 3.212% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.[28]