Tabernacle Township, New Jersey
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Tabernacle 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 6,776,[10][11] a decrease of 173 (−2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,949,[19][20] which in turn reflected a decline of 221 (−3.1%) from the 7,170 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]
Tabernacle Township, New Jersey | |
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Motto: Gateway to the Pines[1] | |
Coordinates: 39.8206°N 74.6526°W / 39.8206; -74.6526[2][3] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Burlington |
Incorporated | March 22, 1901 |
Named for | Tabernacle in the Wilderness Church |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | Mark Hartman (R, term ends December 31, 2024)[5][6] |
• Administrator | Maryalice Brown[7] |
• Municipal clerk | Maryalice Brown[8] |
Area | |
• Total | 49.63 sq mi (128.54 km2) |
• Land | 49.20 sq mi (127.43 km2) |
• Water | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) 0.86% |
• Rank | 33rd of 565 in state 5th of 40 in county[2] |
Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,776 |
• Estimate | 6,851 |
• Rank | 324th of 565 in state 24th of 40 in county[13] |
• Density | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) |
• Rank | 526th of 565 in state 36th of 40 in county[13] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | 08088[14] |
Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 268, 801, 859[15] |
FIPS code | 3400572060[2][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882081[2][18] |
Website | www |
Tabernacle was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1901, from portions of Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Woodland Township.[23][24] The township was named for a tabernacle constructed by missionaries David and John Brainerd.[25]
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tabernacle Township as its 23rd best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[26] New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tabernacle Township as its sixth-best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[27] In 2009, it was rated the #1 small town by South Jersey Magazine.[28]