Delran Township, New Jersey

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Delran highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.

Delran is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 15,536.

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 on February 20, 1895.^[1]

The township's name is a portmanteau created from the names of the two rivers that have their confluence here: the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.8 km² (7.2 mi²). 17.2 km² (6.6 mi²) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it (8.41%) is water.

Delran Township borders Delanco Township, Riverside Township, Moorestown Township, Willingboro Township, and Cinnaminson Township. Delran also borders the Delaware River.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 15,536 people, 5,816 households, and 4,327 families residing in the township. The population density was 903.4/km² (2,339.6/mi²). There were 5,936 housing units at an average density of 345.2/km² (893.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 82.87% White, 9.42% African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.80% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 1.63% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.25% of the population.

There were 5,816 households out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $58,526, and the median income for a family was $67,895. Males had a median income of $46,496 versus $31,024 for females. The per capita income for the township was $25,312. About 3.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Government

[edit] Local government

Delran Township is governed under a Mayor-Council system of municipal government under the Faulkner Act, with non-partisan municipal elections conducted in May every two years. The governing body consists of five members with three elected to represent their wards. The terms are four-year staggered terms. The Mayor and the remaining two members of the governing body are elected at large for four-year terms. The next municipal election will be held in May 2008 for the at-large seats and mayor. Daily operations are entrusted to the Business Administrator, appointed by the Mayor with advice and consent of Council.

The Mayor of Delran Township is Joseph Stellwag. Members of the Delran Township Committee are Michael Chinnici (At-Large), Bert Hermansky (At-Large), Anthony H. Ogozalek, Sr. (Ward 1), Ken Paris (Ward 2) and Mark Macey (Ward 3).^[4]

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Delran Township is in the Third Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 7th Legislative District.^[5]

New Jersey's Third Congressional District, covering portions of Burlington County, Camden County and Ocean County, is represented by Jim Saxton (R, Mount Holly). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 7th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Diane B. Allen (R, Burlington) and in the Assembly by Herb Conaway (D, Delran) and Jack Conners (D, Delran). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).

Burlington County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Burlington County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director James K. Wujcik, Deputy Freeholder Director William S. Haines, Jr., Dawn Marie Addiego, Vincent R. Farias and Aubrey A. Fenton.

[edit] Education

The Delran Township School District serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

• Millbridge Elementary School (grades K-2); formerly grades K-5
• Delran Intermediate School (grades 3-5); formerly Aronson Bell (grades K-5)
• Delran Middle School (grades 6-8)
• Delran High School (grades 9-12)

Holy Cross High School is a regional Roman Catholic high school located in Delran Township, and is the only such school in Burlington County.

[edit] Media

[edit] Print

Delran is served by a handful of daily newspapers including the Burlington County Times, The Courier-Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. Weeklies include Newsweekly. "South Jersey" and Philadelphia Magazine are monthly, covering the entire metropolitan area.

[edit] Television

Delran is served by the Philadelphia market of stations of six major television networks, ABC (WPVI-TV, Ch. 6), CBS (KYW-TV, Ch. 3), NBC (WCAU, Ch. 10), PBS (WHYY-TV, Ch. 12), UPN (WPSG, Ch. 57), The WB (WPHL-TV, Ch. 17) and Fox (WTXF-TV, Ch. 29), as well as several PBS and independent stations.

[edit] Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Delran Township include:

• Alex Lewis - football linebacker with the Detroit Lions.
• Sean Malone - Musician (bass guitar and Chapman Stick player)
• Suzanne Muldowney - Performance Artist (a.k.a."Underdog Lady").
• Peter Vermes - World Cup and MLS soccer veteran.
• Dennis Malloy - radio personality with NJ 101.5 fm
• Carli Lloyd - current member of United States women's national soccer team.
• Brett Matter - NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion at 157 lbs. in 2000 and two-time All-American for University of Pennsylvania.
• Bill Duff - Former NFL, NFL Europe, and Arena Football Defensive Tackle.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Township of Delran official page
• Burlington County information page for Delran Township
• Delran Township School District
• Delran Township School District's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Delran Township School District
• 2000 NCAA Division I Wrestling Results .
• Bill Duff profile .

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