Delanco Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 4,283,[9][10][11] reflecting an increase of 1,046 (+32.3%) from the 3,237 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 79 (−2.4%) from the 3,316 counted in the 1990 Census.[20]
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States
Township in New Jersey
Delanco Township, New Jersey
Township
Township of Delanco
Zurbrugg Mansion
Motto:
"A Timeless Treasure"
Delanco Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Delanco was named for the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek, which border the community. It was originally called Del-Ranco or Delaranco, a syllabic abbreviation later shortened to Delanco.[21][22]
It is a dry township where alcohol cannot be sold.[23][24]
History
What is now Delanco Township was originally incorporated as Beverly Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1859, within Willingboro Township. Delanco was a geographical place name by 1868,[25] and probably earlier. At its creation, Beverly Township included Beverly city, which separated as an independent municipality c. 1877. Portions of the township were taken to create Edgewater Park on February 26, 1924. The township's name was changed to Delanco Township as of December 20, 1926, based on the results of a referendum held on November 2, 1926.[26]
In April 1861, the Sixth Massachusetts Militia passed through Delanco, on their way to Washington to defend the federal capital. According to the report of Colonel Edward F. Jones during their travel, James Brady was "taken insane" and left in Delanco Township with J. C. Buck. When the regiment arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, it was attacked during the Baltimore riot of 1861.[27]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 3.33 square miles (8.62km2), including 2.36 square miles (6.11km2) of land and 0.97 square miles (2.52km2) of water (29.19%).[1][2]
The 2010 United States census counted 4,283 people, 1,755 households, and 1,241 families in the township. The population density was 1,817.9 per square mile (701.9/km2). There were 1,853 housing units at an average density of 786.5 per square mile (303.7/km2). The racial makeup was 82.79% (3,546) White, 10.97% (470) Black or African American, 0.47% (20) Native American, 1.87% (80) Asian, 0.12% (5) Pacific Islander, 0.93% (40) from other races, and 2.85% (122) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.55% (152) of the population.[9]
Of the 1,755 households, 26.2% had children under the age of 18; 52.0% were married couples living together; 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.3% were non-families. Of all households, 23.2% were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.87.[9]
19.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.3 males.[9]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $77,357 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,985) and the median family income was $82,368 (+/− $9,070). Males had a median income of $56,333 (+/− $12,752) versus $46,625 (+/− $9,993) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $33,943 (+/− $4,082). About 1.5% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.[42]
Census 2000
As of the 2000 United States Census there were 3,237 people, 1,227 households, and 892 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,301.1 inhabitants per square mile (502.4/km2). There were 1,285 housing units at an average density of 516.5 per square mile (199.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 95.89% White, 1.92% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.40% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.[40][41]
There were 1,227 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.09.[40][41]
In the township the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.[40][41]
The median income for a household in the township was $50,106, and the median income for a family was $56,985. Males had a median income of $40,727 versus $28,144 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,096. About 6.8% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.[40][41]
Government
Local government
Delanco Township is governed under the Township form of government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form.[43] The Township Committee is the township's governing body and is responsible for formulating policies, approving the annual budget and enacting ordinances and resolutions to provide a legislative framework. Voters approved a measure in 2000 that expanded the Township Committee from three to five members starting in 2002.[4] 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][44] At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.
As of 2022[update], members of the Delanco Township Committee are Mayor Mike Templeton (D, term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2022), Deputy Mayor Fernand C. Ouelette (D, term on committee ends 2023; term as deputy mayor ends 2022), Matt Bartlett (R, 2024), Kate Fitzpatrick (R, 2022) and Kristine Holland (D, 2022).[4][45][46][47][48]
Delanco's Chief of Police is Jesse DeSanto.[49] Delanco Township's Administrator is Richard Schwab.[6] The Township Clerk and Assistant Administrator is Janice Lohr.[7]
Federal, state and county representation
Delanco Township is located in the 3rd Congressional District[50] and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.[10][51][52]
For the 117th United States Congress, New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District is represented by Andy Kim (D, Moorestown).[53]
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New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[54] and Bob Menendez (Harrison, term ends 2025).[55][56]
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For the 2022–2023 session, the 7th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Troy Singleton (D, Palmyra) and in the General Assembly by Herb Conaway (D, Moorestown) and Carol A. Murphy (D, Mount Laurel).[57]
Burlington County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of five members who are chosen 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; at an annual reorganization meeting, the board selects a director and deputy director from among its members.[58]As of 2022[update], Burlington County Board of County Commissioners are
Commissioner Director Daniel J. O'Connell (D, Delran Township; term as commissioner ends December 31, 2024; term as director ends 2022)[59]
Commissioner Deputy Director Tom Pullion (D, Edgewater Park, term as commissioner ends 2023; term as deputy director ends 2022),[60]
Allison Eckel (D, Medford, 2022; appointed to fill an unexpired term),[61]
Felicia Hopson (D, Willingboro Township, 2024) and [62]
Balvir Singh (D, Burlington Township, 2023).[63][58][64]
Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are
County Clerk Joanne Schwartz (R, Southampton Township, 2023),[65][66]
Sheriff Anthony Basantis (D, Burlington Township, 2022)[67][68] and
Surrogate Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).[69][70]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 2,927 registered voters in Delanco Township, of which 1,001 (34.2% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 703 (24.0% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 1,220 (41.7% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[71] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 68.3% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 85.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).[71][72]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,406 votes here (59.2% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 933 votes (39.3% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 23 votes (1.0% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,375 ballots cast by the township's 3,153 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.3% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County).[73][74] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,374 votes here (57.7% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 967 votes (40.6% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 18 votes (0.8% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,382 ballots cast by the township's 2,894 registered voters, for a turnout of 82.3% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County).[75] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 1,097 votes here (54.7% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 881 votes (43.9% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 21 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 2,007 ballots cast by the township's 2,509 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.0% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).[76]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 982 votes here (60.6% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 574 votes (35.4% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 24 votes (1.5% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,620 ballots cast by the township's 3,174 registered voters, yielding a 51.0% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county).[77][78] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 756 ballots cast (49.2% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 666 votes (43.3% vs. 47.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 78 votes (5.1% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 25 votes (1.6% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,537 ballots cast by the township's 2,973 registered voters, yielding a 51.7% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).[79]
Education
The Delanco Township School District serves public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade.[80] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 424 students and 29.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1.[81] Schools in the district (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the New Jersey Department of Education[82]) are
Joan Pearson Elementary School[83] with 268 students in grades K–5 and
Walnut Street Middle School[84] with 137 students in grades 6–8.[85][86][87]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Riverside High School in Riverside Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Riverside School District.[88][89][90][91] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 391 students and 36.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[92]
Students from Delanco Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton Township.[93] All costs associated with attending the school are paid by the home school district, which is also responsible for student transportation to and from the school.[94]
Transportation
US 130 on the southeast edge of Delanco
Roads and highways
As of May2010[update], the township had a total of 18.88 miles (30.38km) of roadways, of which 14.01 miles (22.55km) were maintained by the municipality, 4.61 miles (7.42km) by Burlington County and 0.26 miles (0.42km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[95]
U.S. Route 130 is the main highway directly serving Delanco, forming the township's southeastern border with Willingboro Township. County Route 543 also crosses the township close to the Delaware River. Both roads are oriented southwest to northeast parallel to the Delaware River, but are signed north–south.
Public transportation
The Delanco station is located on Rhawn Avenue[96] providing access to the River Line light rail system, offering southbound service to Camden's Walter Rand Transportation Center (with transfers available to the PATCO Speedline to Philadelphia) and the Pennsauken Transit Center (with transfers available to NJ Transit trains to Philadelphia and Atlantic City) and northbound service to the Trenton Rail Station with connections to NJ Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor.[97]
NJ Transit provides bus service in Delanco Township on the 419 route that runs between Camden and Burlington.[98][99]
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Delanco Township, New Jersey
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Delanco Township include:
Helen Corinne Bergen (1868–?), author, journalist and critic[100]
Al Bunge (born 1937), former National Basketball Association first round pick (seventh pick overall) of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1960 NBA draft[101]
Joe Burk (1914–2008), competitive oarsman and coach[102]
Herb Conaway (born 1963), physician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998[103]
Kenneth William Faulkner (born 1947), former member of the New Jersey General Assembly, who was a teacher, school administrator and basketball coach at Burlington Township High School[104]
2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 38.
Meet Your Township Committee, Delanco Township. Accessed May 1, 2022."The Township Committee is the township's governing body. This elective body is responsible for formulating policies, approving the annual budget and enacting ordinances and resolutions to provide a legislative framework. Beginning in 2002 the Township Committee increased to a five-member committee. This increase in the Committee was approved by the voters in the 2000 General Election. The Township Committee consists of a mayor, deputy mayor and three committee members."
Delanco Township History, Delanco Township. Accessed September 15, 2019. "1845: Richard F. Wilmerton obtained a charter for a village to be called Delaranco, which he planned to develop on his farmland. He created this name from an abridgement of Delaware River and Rancocas Creek.... March 9, 1848: The Delanco Land Company officially incorporated for the purpose of developing residential housing on the riverfront of the village."
United States War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series 1. Edited by John Sheldon Moody, et al. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880, p. 7.
Staff. A compendium of the ninth census, 1870, p. 259. United States Census Bureau, 1872. Accessed July 9, 2013. Population of 2,438 for Beverly Township includes 1,418 for Beverly Borough and 500? (middle digit is obscured) for Delanco. Population for township is calculated by subtracting out the borough's population.
Porter, Robert Percival. Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75, p. 97. United States Census Bureau, 1890. Accessed July 9, 2013. Population of Burlington Township is listed as 7,237 for 1880 and 8,222 for 1890, inclusive of the population of Burlington city of 6,090 in 1880 and 7,264 in 1890, with the township's population calculated via subtraction.
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.."
2009 Governor: Burlington CountyArchived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2014.
Delanco Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delanco Township School District. Accessed February 20, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Delanco Township School District. Composition: The Delanco Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Delanco Township."
Riverside Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2017. "The School District educates approximately 1,400 students. The district has a very positive and cooperative send/receive relationship with the Delanco Public Schools. Students from Delanco are educated in their local K-8 District, and then subsequently attend grades 9-12 at Riverside High School."
High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014.
Hefler, Jan. "Relations Improve Between Riverside And Delanco Boards", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 1990. Accessed December 10, 2014. "The two boards were not always on such friendly terms. In October, the Riverside board hired Jane Butler as superintendent of schools without any suggestions from the Delanco board and without any advance notice. Butler, who will become superintendent effective July 1, will oversee the school system, which includes Riverside High School. Delanco sends 100 students to Riverside High."
Coppock, Kristen. "Delanco schools look to eliminate staff", Burlington County Times, March 24, 2010. Accessed December 10, 2014. "Students in grades nine to 12 attend Riverside High School under a sending agreement."
Why Choose BCIT?, Burlington County Institute of Technology. Accessed September 2, 2020.
FAQ, Burlington County Institute of Technology. Accessed September 2, 2020. "BCIT is a free, public high school option for Burlington County students. Costs associated with attending BCIT are covered by your sending school, including transportation."
South Jersey Transit GuideArchived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Cross County Connection, as of April 1, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2013.
Willard, Frances Elizabeth. "Bergen, Miss Helen Corinne", p. 97, American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century, Volumes 1-2. Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897. "Bergen, Miss Helen Corinne, author and journalist, born in Delanco, N. J., 14th October, 1868."
Kenney, Bob. "'Pop' Vernon clinics still going strong", Courier-Post, March 28, 1982. Accessed August 17, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "He took a lanky youngster from nearby Delanco, Allen Bunge, and helped him become a star. The 6-9 Bunge led Riverside's biggest rival, Palmyra, to a state title in '56 and later was an All-American at Maryland and a first round NBA draft choice."
Joseph W. "Joe" Burk, Delanco Military Veterans Honor Roll, updated October 6, 2021. Accessed October 4, 2021. "Joseph William Burk was listed on the original Delanco WW II Honor Roll. He was born January 19, 1914 in Philadelphia, to Paul and Margurite Burk. Joe was the elder of the two Burk brothers of Delanco that grew up on a farm on Creek Road in Delanco.... Joe returned to Delanco after the war and returned to competitive rowing and coaching."
Samuel Carr Forker, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
Our club's namesake – Senator Albert McCayArchived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Albert Mcay Republican Club of Delanco. Accessed December 10, 2014. "The late Senator Albert McCay was a fine gentleman of Delanco, a good neighbor to many and a man dedicated to public service. He served in the New Jersey Senate from 1952-60."
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