Westampton Township, New Jersey

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

Westampton Township is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 7,217.

Westampton was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1850, from portions of Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly Township). Portions of the township were taken to form Eastampton Township on February 11, 1880.^[1]

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.9 km² (11.2 mi²). 28.6 km² (11.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.08%) is water.

Westampton Township borders Willingboro Township, Burlington Township, Springfield Township, Eastampton Township, Mount Holly Township, Hainesport Township, and Mount Laurel Township.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 7,217 people, 2,525 households, and 1,966 families residing in the township. The population density was 252.4/km² (653.6/mi²). There were 2,581 housing units at an average density of 90.3/km² (233.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 70.81% White, 21.27% African American, 0.28% Native American, 3.03% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.83% from other races, and 2.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.21% of the population.

There were 2,525 households out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the township the population was spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $63,973, and the median income for a family was $69,656. Males had a median income of $46,536 versus $32,167 for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,594. About 2.7% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Government

[edit] Local government

Members of the Westampton Township Committee are Mayor Dan Miller, Deputy Mayor Harry Adams, Joe Byham, Josephine Heston and Gail Read.^[4]

[edit] Federal, state and county representation

Westampton 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

For Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade, students attend the Westampton Township Schools. The schools in the district are Holly Hills Elementary School with 482 students in Kindergarten through 4th grade, and Westampton Middle School which has 495 students in grades 5 to 8.

For grades 9 - 12, students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a comprehensive regional public high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 from five communities encompassing approximately 40 square miles and comprised of the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mount Holly Township and Westampton Township. The current population of the school is approximately 2,250 students. The school is located in Mount Holly Township and is part of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Westampton Township website
• Westampton Township Schools
• Westampton Township School District's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Westampton Township School District

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