Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Township in New Jersey
Delran Township, New Jersey
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Show map of the United States Coordinates: 40°00′47″N 74°56′51″W / 40.013024°N 74.947423°W / 40.013024; -74.947423 [ 1] [ 2] Country United States State New Jersey County Burlington Incorporated February 12, 1880 Named for DEL aware River and RAN cocas Creek • Type Mayor-Council • Body Township Council • Mayor Gary Catrambone (D , term of office ends December 31, 2024)[ 3] [ 4] • Administrator Joseph Bellina[ 5] • Municipal clerk Jamey Eggers[ 6] • Total
7.25 sq mi (18.78 km2 ) • Land 6.63 sq mi (17.17 km2 ) • Water 0.62 sq mi (1.61 km2 ) 8.58% • Rank 240th of 565 in state 24th of 40 in county[ 1] Elevation 69 ft (21 m) • Total
17,882 18,291 • Rank 150th of 565 in state 9th of 40 in county[ 12] • Density 2,697.1/sq mi (1,041.4/km2 ) • Rank 240th of 565 in state 12th of 40 in county[ 12] Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST) ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT) )ZIP Code Area code(s) 856 exchanges : 461, 764, 824[ 15] FIPS code 3400517440[ 1] [ 16] [ 17] GNIS feature ID0882097[ 1] [ 18] Website www .delrantownship .org
Delran 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 17,882,[ 9] [ 10] an increase of 986 (+5.8%) from the 2010 census count of 16,896,[ 19] [ 20] which in turn reflected an increase of 1,360 (+8.8%) from the 15,536 counted in the 2000 census .[ 21] The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia -Reading -Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley .[ 22]
Delran Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 12, 1880, from portions of Cinnaminson Township . Portions of the township were taken to create Riverside Township on February 20, 1895.[ 23]
The township's name is a portmanteau of the names of the two waterways that have their confluence here: the Del aware River and Ran cocas Creek .[ 24] [ 25]
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^ Township Administration , Delran Township. Accessed March 8, 2023.
^ Municipal Clerk , Delran Township. Accessed March 8, 2023.
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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Delran , Geographic Names Information System . Accessed March 5, 2013.
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^ a b Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021 , New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development . Accessed March 1, 2023.
^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Delran Township, NJ , United States Postal Service . Accessed June 18, 2012.
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^ U.S. Census website , United States Census Bureau . Accessed September 4, 2014.
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^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 , New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development , February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.
^ Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area , United States Census Bureau . Accessed February 1, 2023.
^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968 , Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 95. Accessed June 18, 2012.
^ Griscom, Lloyd S. "The Historical background of Delran Township" , Delran Township. Accessed March 23, 2020. "The name Delran is a contraction of the names of the two streams on which the township is located: the Delaware and the Rancocas."
^ Home Page , Delran Township. Accessed August 23, 2020. "Incorporated in 1880, with a population of 16,896 people according to the 2010 census, Delran Township is comprised of 7.2 square miles located at the intersection of the Delaware River and the Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, New Jersey."