Deerfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 3,119,[8][9][10] reflecting an increase of 192 (+6.6%) from the 2,927 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 6 (−0.2%) from the 2,933 counted in the 1990 Census.[19]
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Township in New Jersey
Deerfield Township, New Jersey
Township
Township of Deerfield
Beth Hillel Synagogue
Deerfield Township highlighted in Cumberland County. Inset map: Cumberland County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Deerfield Township, New Jersey
Deerfield Township was formed as a precinct on January 19, 1748, and was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Bridgeton Township (March 3, 1845) and Upper Deerfield Township (February 23, 1922).[20] The township was named for Deerfield, Massachusetts.[21]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 16.88 square miles (43.72km2), including 16.84 square miles (43.62km2) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.10km2) of water (0.22%).[1][2]
Rosenhayn (2010 population of 1,098[22]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Deerfield Township.[23]
Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Carmel and Garton.[24]
The 2010 United States census counted 3,119 people, 1,089 households, and 810 families in the township. The population density was 186.1 per square mile (71.9/km2). There were 1,143 housing units at an average density of 68.2 per square mile (26.3/km2). The racial makeup was 73.23% (2,284) White, 12.06% (376) Black or African American, 2.12% (66) Native American, 1.35% (42) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 7.41% (231) from other races, and 3.85% (120) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.08% (439) of the population.[8]
Of the 1,089 households, 30.8% had children under the age of 18; 56.6% were married couples living together; 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.6% were non-families. Of all households, 20.2% were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.24.[8]
24.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 95.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.9 males.[8]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $68,571 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,904) and the median family income was $73,566 (+/− $9,367). Males had a median income of $46,309 (+/− $5,147) versus $31,574 (+/− $6,302) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $26,799 (+/− $3,131). About 3.1% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.[40]
Census 2000
As of the 2000 United States Census[16] there were 2,927 people, 1,013 households, and 785 families residing in the township. The population density was 173.8 inhabitants per square mile (67.1/km2). There were 1,065 housing units at an average density of 63.2 per square mile (24.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 78.20% White, 13.05% African American, 1.54% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 3.04% from other races, and 3.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.94% of the population.[38][39]
There were 1,013 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.22.[38][39]
In the township the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.[38][39]
The median income for a household in the township was $45,365, and the median income for a family was $47,225. Males had a median income of $34,196 versus $25,147 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,468. About 6.3% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.[38][39]
Government
Local government
Deerfield Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.[41] The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.[3][42] At an annual reorganization meeting held in January, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another to serve as Deputy Mayor.
As of 2022[update], members of the Deerfield Township Committee are Mayor Abigail Perlstein O'Brien (R, term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends December 31, 2022), Deputy Mayor Brian L. Casper (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2022), Anthony A. Brago (R, 2023), Dominick Patitucci (R, 2024) and Michael A. Terrigno (R, 2023).[4][43][44][45][46][47]
After being tied on election day at the November 2014 general election with 362 votes, Democratic incumbent Frank Spatola Jr. was re-elected with 366 votes, edging Republican challenger Jason P. Scythes by three votes once provisional ballots were counted.[48] At the township's January 2015 reorganization meeting, Sparacio was sworn in using a conference call as he was stationed outside the country as part of his service with the Air National Guard.[49]
Federal, state and county representation
Deerfield Township is located in the 2nd Congressional District[50] and is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district.[9][51][52]
For the 2022–2023 session, the 3rd Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Edward Durr (R, Logan Township) and in the General Assembly by Bethanne McCarthy-Patrick (R, Mannington Township) and Beth Sawyer (R, Woolwich Township).[57]
Cumberland County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are elected at large by the citizens of Cumberland County in partisan elections and serve staggered three-year terms in office, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. Each Commissioner is assigned responsibility for one of the county's departments.[58] As of 2022[update], members of the Cumberland County Board of County Commissioners (with party affiliation, residence and term-end year listed in parentheses) are
Commissioner Director Darlene R. Barber (D, Upper Deerfield Township, term as commissioner and as director of the board ends December 31, 2022),[59]
Deputy Commissioner Director Donna M. Pearson (D, Bridgeton, term as commissioner ends 2023, term as deputy commissioner director ends 2022),[60]
Douglas A. Albrecht (R, Vineland, 2022),[61]
George Castellini (D, Vineland, 2023)[62]
Carol Musso (D, Deerfield Township, 2023),[63]
Antonio Romero (R, Vineland, 2024)[64] and
Joseph V. Sileo (R, Vineland, 2024).[65][58][66][67][68][69][70]
The county's constitutional officers are
Clerk Celeste Riley (D, Bridgeton, 2024),[71][72]
Sheriff Robert A. Austino (D, Vineland, 2023)[73][74] and
Surrogate Douglas M. Rainear (D, Upper Deerfield Township, 2023).[75][76][66]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 2,087 registered voters in Deerfield Township, of which 552 (26.4%) were registered as Democrats, 522 (25.0%) were registered as Republicans and 1,013 (48.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.[77]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 53.4% of the vote (698 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 45.7% (597 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (12 votes), among the 1,325 ballots cast by the township's 2,125 registered voters (18 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 62.4%.[78][79] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 52.0% of the vote (744 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received 46.1% (659 votes), with 1,431 ballots cast among the township's 2,066 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.3%.[80] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 51.0% of the vote (665 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 47.5% (619 votes), with 1,303 ballots cast among the township's 1,847 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.5.[81]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 65.4% of the vote (532 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 33.7% (274 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (8 votes), among the 831 ballots cast by the township's 2,015 registered voters (17 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.2%.[82][83] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 45.8% of the vote (445 ballots cast), ahead of both Democrat Jon Corzine with 42.8% (416 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 6.9% (67 votes), with 971 ballots cast among the township's 2,070 registered voters, yielding a 46.9% turnout.[84]
Education
The Deerfield Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Deerfield Township School.[85] As of the 2020–2021 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 277 students and 30.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.2:1.[86]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.[87][88][89] As of the 2020–2021 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,032 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.[90] The high school district has a nine-member board of education, with board seats allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with each municipality assigned a minimum of one seat; Deerfield Township has one seat on the board.[91][92][93]
Cumberland County Technology Education Center is a public countywide school in Millville. Previously it was a part-time school in Deerfield Township. It moved to its current location and became full time in 2016.[94]
Transportation
Route 56 westbound in Deerfield Township
As of May2010[update], the township had a total of 51.26 miles (82.49km) of roadways, of which 10.45 miles (16.82km) were maintained by the municipality, 38.21 miles (61.49km) by Cumberland County and 2.60 miles (4.18km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[95]
New Jersey Route 56 is the main highway providing access to Deerfield Township.[96] County Route 552 also traverses the township.[97]
Points of interest
Beth Hillel Synagogue, a classical vernacular synagogue constructed in 1901 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[98]
Southwind Vineyard & Winery
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Deerfield Township, New Jersey
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Deerfield Township include:
Joseph W. Chinnici (1919–2007), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 1st legislative district from 1972 to 1988[99]
Joseph Bloomfield Leake (1828–1918), attorney and an Iowa state senator who entered the Union Army during the American Civil War[100]
Raum, John O. The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1, p. 267, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed September 3, 2013. "Deerfield is in the northwestern part of the county seven miles from Bridgeton. The West Jersey Railroad runs through the centre of this township from north to south. The population in 1850 was 927; in 1860, 1,288; and in 1870, 1,518."
Woods, Done E. "Deerfield Township election result comes down to 3-vote difference", NJ.com, November 10, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2016. "According to Kelly Hoffman, election clerk for the Cumberland County Clerk's Office, Democratic incumbent Deputy Mayor Frank Spatola Jr. won re-election with 366 votes.Jason P. Scythes, the Republican challenger, received 363 votes.... After Election Day, Spatola and Scythes were originally tied with 362 votes each."
Woods, Don E. "Deerfield Township swears in deployed committeeman over telephone", South Jersey Times, January 14, 2015. Accessed January 15, 2015. "Even though he was deployed overseas with the Air National Guard, Deerfield Township Committeeman Joseph V. Sparacio was sworn in over a conference call during the township's reorganization."
Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
Board of County Commissioners, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 27, 2022. "By law, Cumberland County is allowed 7 County Commissioners, who serve staggered, overlapping three-year terms. Two are elected in two successive years, three in the third year, elected from the county at-large, for three year, overlapping terms. A Director of the Board is selected by their colleagues for a one-year term. Each County Commissioner is charged with responsibility for one or more of the county's seven departments."
Darlene Barber, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 23, 2022.
Donna M. Pearson, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 23, 2022.
Douglas Albrecht, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 23, 2022.
George Castellini, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 23, 2022.
Carol Musso, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 23, 2022.
Antonio Romero, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 24, 2022.
Joseph V. Sileo, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 23, 2022.
2009 Governor: Cumberland CountyArchived 2016-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 22, 2012.
Cumberland Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The Cumberland Regional School District, located in Western Cumberland County, provides students with a comprehensive learning environment in a nurturing and personalized setting. The district serves students in grades 9-12 who reside in the municipalities of Deerfield, Fairfield, Greenwich & Stow Creek, Hopewell & Shiloh, and Upper Deerfield."
Shott, Meghan. "Cumberland Regional High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Cumberland Regional High School, located in the northwest part of Cumberland County, serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township."
Constituent Districts[permanent dead link], Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed June 5, 2016.
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Cumberland Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 2, 2020. "The Cumberland Regional Board of Education is a Type II district located in the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades 9-12."
Board of Education, Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed February 2, 2020. "The Cumberland Regional School District is led by a nine-member Board of Education representing Cumberland Regional High School's constituent district municipalities: Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township, and Upper Deerfield Township."
Tamari, Jonathan. "N.J.'s LoBiondo to retire, opening competitive House seat", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 7, 2017. Accessed October 30, 2019. "'For a boy who grew up on a farm in Rosenhayn and looked to his father as a role model of how to do the right thing for the right reason, it has been a privilege to be South Jersey's voice in Congress,' LoBiondo said in his statement."
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