Mantua Township (pronounced man-CHEW-uh[19]) is a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 15,217,[9][10][11] reflecting an increase of 1,000 (+7.0%) from the 14,217 counted in the 2000 census, which had in turn increased by 4,143 (+41.1%) from the 10,074 counted in the 1990 census.[20]
Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States
Township in New Jersey
Mantua Township, New Jersey
Township
Township of Mantua
Thomas Carpenter House in Mantua Township
Mantua Township highlighted in Gloucester County. Inset map: Gloucester County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Mantua Township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1853 from portions of Greenwich Township. Portions of the township were taken to form East Greenwich Township (February 10, 1881) and Pitman (May 24, 1905).[21] The township is named after Mantua, in Italy[22] or for a Mantua sub-tribe of the Lenape Native Americans.[23][24]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 16.09 square miles (41.67km2), including 16.01 square miles (41.45km2) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.22km2) of water (0.53%).[1][2]
Richwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within portions of both Harrison Township and Mantua Township. The CDP had a 2010 population of 3,459, of which 3,400 were in Harrison Township and 59 in Mantua Township.[25][26] Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Barnsboro, Boodys Mills, Carpenter's Landing,[27] Centre City, Eastlack Corner, Jessups, Manunkachunk, Sewell and West Landing.[28]
The 2010 United States census counted 15,217 people, 5,719 households, and 4,169 families in the township. The population density was 960.1 per square mile (370.7/km2). There were 5,980 housing units at an average density of 377.3 per square mile (145.7/km2). The racial makeup was 94.24% (14,340) White, 2.50% (380) Black or African American, 0.20% (31) Native American, 1.10% (168) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 0.66% (100) from other races, and 1.29% (197) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.95% (449) of the population.[9]
Of the 5,719 households, 33.4% had children under the age of 18; 57.3% were married couples living together; 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.1% were non-families. Of all households, 22.2% were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.13.[9]
24.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.8 males.[9]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $80,743 (with a margin of error of +/− $4,473) and the median family income was $88,586 (+/− $5,058). Males had a median income of $66,993 (+/− $4,279) versus $49,500 (+/− $7,015) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $35,073 (+/− $2,942). About 2.7% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.[43]
Census 2000
As of the 2020 U.S. census,[16] there were 14,217 people, 5,265 households, and 3,948 families residing in the township. The population density was 894.3 inhabitants per square mile (345.3/km2). There were 5,411 housing units at an average density of 340.4 per square mile (131.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 95.81% White, 2.07% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.28% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population.[41][42]
There were 5,265 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 21.1% of all households 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 2.69 and the average family size was 3.14.[41]
In the township, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.[41]
The median income for a household in the township was $58,256, and the median income for a family was $63,391. Males had a median income of $46,984 versus $32,495 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,147. About 2.8% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.[41]
Arts and culture
Musical groups from the township include the pop punk band Major League.[44]
Parks and recreation
Tall Pines State Preserve is a 111-acre (45ha) nature preserve that opened in November 2015 as Gloucester County's first state park and is located along the border of Deptford Township and Mantua Township. Originally a forest that was turned into an asparagus field and then a golf course, the land was preserved through the efforts of the South Jersey Land and Water Trust, the Friends of Tall Pines, Gloucester County Nature Club, and the New Jersey Green Acres Program.[45]
Government
Local government
Mantua 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.[46] 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][47] At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.[4]
As of 2022[update], members of the Mantua Township Committee are Mayor Pete Scirrotto (D, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2022), Deputy Mayor Robert T. Zimmerman (D, term on committee ends 2024; term as deputy mayor ends 2022), Shawn K. Layton (D, 2024), John Legge (D, 2023) and Eileen Lukens (D, 2022).[4][48][49][50][51][52]
Federal, state and county representation
Mantua Township is located in the 2nd Congressional District[53] and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district.[10][54][55] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Mantua Township had been in the 3rd state legislative district.[56] Prior to the 2010 Census, Mantua Township had been split between the 1st Congressional District and the 2nd Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[56]
For the 2022–2023 session, the 5th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D, Barrington) and in the General Assembly by Bill Moen (D, Camden) and William Spearman (D, Camden).[61]
Gloucester County is governed by a board of county commissioners, whose seven members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis in partisan elections, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year. At a reorganization meeting held each January, the Board selects a Director and a Deputy Director from among its members. As of 2022[update], Gloucester County's Commissioners are
Director Frank J. DiMarco (D, Deptford Township; term as commissioner and as director ends December 31, 2022),[62]
Deputy Director Heather Simmons (D, Glassboro; term as commissioner ends 2023, term as deputy director ends 2022).[63]
Lyman J. Barnes (D, Logan Township; 2023),[64]
Nicholas DeSilvio (R, Franklin Township, 2024)[65]
Denice DiCarlo (D, West Deptford Township; 2022, appointed to serve an unexpired term)[66]
Jim Jefferson (D, Woodbury; 2023),[67] and
Christopher Konawel Jr. (R, Glassboro; 2024).[68][69]
Constitutional officers elected countywide are County Clerk James N. Hogan (D, Franklin Township; five-year term ends 2022),[70][71]
Sheriff Jonathan M. Sammons (R, Elk Township; three-year term ends 2024)[72][73] and
Surrogate Giuseppe "Joe" Chila (D, Woolwich Township; five-year term ends 2022).[74][75][76]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 10,232 registered voters in Mantua Township, of which 3,493 (34.1%) were registered as Democrats, 2,020 (19.7%) were registered as Republicans and 4,712 (46.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 7 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[77]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.3% of the vote (3,855 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.2% (3,692 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (117 votes), among the 7,731 ballots cast by the township's 10,720 registered voters (67 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 72.1%.[78][79] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.0% of the vote (3,902 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 47.3% (3,687 votes) and other candidates with 1.6% (126 votes), among the 7,800 ballots cast by the township's 10,429 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.8%.[80] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 50.0% of the vote (3,704 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 48.7% (3,604 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (70 votes), among the 7,408 ballots cast by the township's 9,657 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.7.[81]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 66.0% of the vote (2,985 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 31.9% (1,445 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (94 votes), among the 4,620 ballots cast by the township's 10,604 registered voters (96 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 43.6%.[82][83] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 48.1% of the vote (2,422 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 40.8% (2,055 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 8.6% (435 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (40 votes), among the 5,031 ballots cast by the township's 10,357 registered voters, yielding a 48.6% turnout.[84]
Education
Children in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade for public school are served by the Mantua Township School District. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,200 students and 121.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9:1.[85] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[86]) are
Sewell School[87] with 282 students in pre-kindergarten through Kindergarten,
Centre City School[88] with 441 students in grades 1–3 and
J. Mason Tomlin School[89] with 477 students in grades 4–6.[90][91][92][93]
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Clearview Regional High School District, which serves students from Harrison Township and Mantua Township.[94][95][96] Schools in the district (with 2020–2021 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[97]) are
Clearview Regional Middle School[98] with 788 students (grades 7 and 8) and
Clearview Regional High School[99] with 1,485 students (grades 9–12).[100][101] Seats on the high school district's nine-member board are allocated based on population, with five seats assigned to Mantua Township.[102]
Students from across the county are eligible to apply to attend Gloucester County Institute of Technology, a four-year high school in Deptford Township that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school.[103]
As of 2020[update] Guardian Angels Regional School (Pre-K–Grade 3 campus in Gibbstown CDP and 4–8 campus in Paulsboro) takes students from Mantua Township.[104] It is under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.
Transportation
Route 55 northbound in Mantua Township
Roads and highways
As of May2010[update], the township had a total of 91.85 miles (147.82km) of roadways, of which 53.92 miles (86.78km) were maintained by the municipality, 31.21 miles (50.23km) by Gloucester County and 6.72 miles (10.81km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[105]
New Jersey Route 45[106] and New Jersey Route 55[107] are the main highways serving Mantua Township. County Route 553[108] and County Route 553 Alternate also traverse the township.
Public transportation
NJ Transit bus service is available in the township between Bridgeton and Philadelphia on the 410 route and between Sewell and Philadelphia on the 412 route.[109][110]
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Mantua Township, New Jersey
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mantua Township include:
Thomas Carpenter (1752–1847), early American glassmaker[111]
Mario Cerrito (born 1984), filmmaker, writer and producer known in the horror/thriller genre[112][113]
Ryan D'Imperio (born 1987), retired NFL fullback who played for the Minnesota Vikings[114]
George W. F. Gaunt (1865–1918), President of the New Jersey State Senate[115]
Tara Lipinski (born 1982), figure skater who won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics at the age of 15[116]
2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 19.
Township Committee, Mantua Township. Accessed July 18, 2022. "Mantua Township operates under the 'Township Committee' form of municipal government and is comprised of five members elected at-large through partisan elections. Members of township committee serve staggered three-year terms and reorganize annually during which the mayor is elected amongst members of township committee."
Berkery, Sheri. "Do you know how to pronounce these S.J. town names?", Courier-Post, September 5, 2019. Accessed January 26, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Mantua: Man-Chew-uh - This township in Gloucester County is not pronounced with a hard 'T.'"
Raum, John O. The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1, p. 257, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed September 23, 2013. "Mantua township in 1860 contained a population of 1,742, and in 1870, 1,897. Barnsboro and Carpenter's Landing, the latter named from Thomas Carpenter, an old settler, and Harrisonville, formerly called Colestown, are in this township."
"Tall Pines State Preserve; Gloucester County's First State Park"Archived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Natural Awakenings: South Jersey Edition. Accessed May 19, 2016. "This 111-acre parcel of land that straddles Mantua and Deptford townships was originally forested woodlands, then an asparagus field before it became a golf course named Tall Pines in the early 1950s."
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: Gloucester CountyArchived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 7, 2012.
District Information, Mantua Township School District. Accessed March 15, 2022. "Students in our township attend one of three schools based on grade. Our Sewell School educates students in grades pre-k and kindergarten, our Centre City School educates students in grades 1 - 3, and our J. Mason Tomlin School educates all of the township's students in grades 4 - 6. As a sending district to the Clearview Regional High School District, all Mantua Township students attend Clearview Regional Middle School for grades 7 and 8, and Clearview Regional High School for grades 9 through 12."
Clearview Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Clearview Regional High School District. Accessed March 25, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades seven through twelve in the Clearview Regional High School District. Composition: The Clearview Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Harrison Township and Mantua Township."
Clearview Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The Clearview Regional High School District serves the townships of Harrison and Mantua. The district is comprised of a Middle School (7-8) and High School (9-12), educating approximately 2,450 students."
About Us, Clearview Regional High School District. Accessed March 15, 2022. "The Clearview Regional High School District serves the townships of Harrison and Mantua. The district is comprised of a Middle School (7-8) and High School (9-12), educating approximately 2,450 students."
Board Members, Clearview Regional High School District. Accessed March 15, 2022.
Admissions, Gloucester County Institute of Technology. Accessed November 7, 2019. "There is no charge to attend. GCIT is a public school.... GCIT is the vocational-technical school for Gloucester County residents. You must live in Gloucester County to apply and attend."
Kephart, Bill; and Kephart, Mary. "The Kepharts: Thomas Carpenter in the Revolutionary War", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 11, 2011, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed December 21, 2021. "Carpenter purchased 50 acres on Mantua Creek. Here he also lived, maintained a store and shipped glass up Mantua Creek to Philadelphia. The area became known as Carpenter's Bridge, later as Carpenter's Landing and now Mantua. Thomas Carpenter died on July 7, 1847 at almost 95 years old.... The Carpenter home is still standing in Mantua."
Berjery, Sheri. "Ghost Nation team determines source of paranormal activity at South Jersey home", Courier Post, October 26, 2019. Accessed December 21, 2021. "Hawes and fellow investigators Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango — all of whom starred on the SyFy channel's Ghost Hunters — responded to help the Cerrito family in Mantua. The episode was called 'The Novelist's Nightmare,' a nod to Mario Cerrito III's profession as a horror writer and filmmaker."
Lawrence, Ryan. "Movie Magic: Mantua filmmaker gets horror movie vet to direct his script", Mantua News, September 25, 2020. Accessed January 26, 2022. "Born and bred in South Jersey, Cerrito grew up in Audubon and went to high school in Woodstown before settling in Mantua five years ago with his wife, Charmaine, and their now 4-year-old son, Mario Cerrito IV, and his 11-year-old stepdaughter, Summer Schaefer."
Orr, Conor. "Giants FB Ryan D'Imperio, a former Rutgers standout, retires", The Star-Ledger, August 13, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2013. "Giants fullback Ryan D'Imperio, the only true healthy fullback on the roster, told the team he was retiring this morning and was placed on their reserve/retired list.... But according to a person familiar with D'Imperio's situation, the Sewell native wanted to explore some career opportunities outside of the NFL."
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