Evesham Township, New Jersey | |
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Location in Burlington County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 39°51′24″N 74°54′03″W / 39.856677°N 74.90081°W[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Burlington |
Formed | November 6, 1688 |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Named for | Evesham, Worcestershire or settler Thomas Eves |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
• Body | Township Council |
• Mayor | Jaclyn Veasy (D, term ends December 31, 2026)[3] |
• Manager | Lavon Phillips (acting)[4] |
• Municipal clerk | Rebecca Andrews (acting)[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 29.59 sq mi (76.62 km2) |
• Land | 29.16 sq mi (75.51 km2) |
• Water | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) 1.45% |
• Rank | 91st of 565 in state 9th of 40 in county[1] |
Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 46,826 |
48,441 | |
• Rank | 44th of 565 in state 1st of 40 in county[11] |
• Density | 1,606.1/sq mi (620.1/km2) |
• Rank | 328th of 565 in state 19th of 40 in county[11] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code[12] | 08053 – Marlton |
Area code[14] | 856 exchanges: 396, 424, 489, 596, 751, 797, 810, 874, 983, 985, 988[13] |
FIPS code[1][7][15] | 34-22110 |
GNIS ID[1][7][15][16] | 882082 |
Website | evesham-nj |
Evesham Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 46,826,[8][9] an increase of 1,288 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 45,538,[17][18] which in turn reflected an increase of 3,263 (+7.7%) from the 42,275 counted in the 2000 census.[19] Colloquially, the area is referred to as Marlton, the name of a community within the township.[20]
The township is part of the South Jersey region of the state and, along with all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.[21]
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