Waterford Township is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 10,649,[9][10][11] reflecting an increase of 155 (+1.5%) from the 10,494 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 446 (−4.1%) from the 10,940 counted in the 1990 Census.[19]
Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Township in New Jersey, United States
Waterford Township, New Jersey
Township
Township of Waterford
U.S. Route 30 westbound in Waterford Township
Motto(s):
"Proud Past, Promising Future"
Waterford highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Waterford Township, New Jersey
Waterford Township was originally created by Royal charter on June 1, 1695, while the area was still part of Gloucester County. The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. On March 13, 1844, Waterford Township became one of the original townships in the newly created Camden County. The settlement of Long-a-Coming (today's borough of Berlin) along the White Horse Pike (US 30) in Waterford was the new county's first seat, but lost that designation in 1848 when the seat moved to the city of Camden.[20] Portions of the township were taken over the years to form Delaware Township (on February 28, 1844, now Cherry Hill Township), Chesilhurst (November 26, 1887), Voorhees Township (March 1, 1899) and Berlin Township (March 11, 1910).[21][22] The township was named for Waterford, Ireland.[23][24]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 36.22 square miles (93.81km2), including 36.00 square miles (93.25km2) of land and 0.22 square miles (0.56km2) of water (0.60%).[1][2]
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Atco, Atco Lake, Bishops, Dunbarton, Fisher, Jackson, Louden and Pestletown.[25]
The 2010 United States census counted 10,649 people, 3,692 households, and 2,824 families in the township. The population density was 295.5 per square mile (114.1/km2). There were 3,839 housing units at an average density of 106.5 per square mile (41.1/km2). The racial makeup was 90.59% (9,647) White, 4.83% (514) Black or African American, 0.10% (11) Native American, 1.16% (124) Asian, 0.03% (3) Pacific Islander, 1.56% (166) from other races, and 1.73% (184) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.39% (467) of the population.[9]
Of the 3,692 households, 32.9% had children under the age of 18; 60.4% were married couples living together; 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.5% were non-families. Of all households, 17.9% were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.22.[9]
22.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 101.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 98.0 males.[9]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $76,786 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,237) and the median family income was $87,774 (+/− $9,978). Males had a median income of $54,714 (+/− $3,576) versus $42,896 (+/− $4,994) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $31,193 (+/− $2,094). About 2.6% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.[44]
2000 Census
As of the 2000 United States Census[16] there were 10,494 people, 3,542 households, and 2,791 families residing in the township. The population density was 290.0 inhabitants per square mile (112.0/km2). There were 3,671 housing units at an average density of 101.4 per square mile (39.2/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 92.75% White, 4.18% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.90% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.07% of the population.[42][43]
There were 3,542 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 16.7% 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 2.90 and the average family size was 3.27.[42][43]
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.[42][43]
The median income for a household in the township was $59,075, and the median income for a family was $63,693. Males had a median income of $41,561 versus $28,763 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,676. About 3.6% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.[42][43]
Government
Local government
Waterford 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.[45] 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][46] The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen by the Township Committee from among its members during a reorganization meeting held each January.[6]
As of 2022[update], members of the Waterford Township Committee are Mayor Andrew L. Wade (I, term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2022), Thomas Giangiulio Jr. (R, 2023), Eric Romolini (D, 2022), Howard S. Wilson (D, 2022) and Richard T. Yeatman Sr. (D, 2023).[4][47][48][49][50]
Federal, state and county representation
Waterford Township is located in the 2nd Congressional District[51] and is part of New Jersey's 8th state legislative district.[10][52][53] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Waterford Township had been in the 6th state legislative district.[54]
For the 2022–2023 session, the 8th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Jean Stanfield (R, Westampton) and in the General Assembly by Michael Torrissi (R, Hammonton) and Brandon Umba (R, Medford).[59]
Camden County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members chosen at-large in partisan elections for three-year terms on a staggered basis by the residents of the county, with either two or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. At a reorganization meeting held in January after each election, the newly constituted Board of Commissioners selects one of its members to serve as Director and another as Deputy Director.[60] As of 2022[update], Camden County's Commissioners are
Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr. (D, Collingswood, term as Commissioner ends December 31, 2023; term as Director ends 2022),[61]
Commissioner Deputy Director Edward T. McDonnell (D, Pennsauken Township, term as Commissioner and as Deputy Director ends 2022),[62]
Almar Dyer (D, Pennsauken Township, 2024),[63]
Melinda Kane (D, Cherry Hill, 2024),[64]
Jeffrey L. Nash (D, Winslow Township, 2024),[65]
Carmen G. Rodriguez (D, Merchantville, 2022)[66] and
Jonathan L. Young Sr. (D, Berlin Township, 2023)[67][60][68][69][70]
Camden County's constitutional officers, all elected directly by voters, are
County Clerk Joseph Ripa (D, Voorhees Township, 2024),[71][72]
Sheriff Gilbert "Whip" Wilson (D, Camden, 2024)[73][74] and
Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer (D, Gloucester Township, 2025).[75][76][77]
The County Prosecutor is Grace C. MacAulay, who was sworn in on January 6, 2022.[78]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 7,364 registered voters in Waterford Township, of which 2,438 (33.1%) were registered as Democrats, 1,386 (18.8%) were registered as Republicans and 3,536 (48.0%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[79]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.4% of the vote (2,501 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.5% (2,406 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (58 votes), among the 5,012 ballots cast by the township's 7,783 registered voters (47 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 64.4%.[80][81] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.0% of the vote (2,708 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 46.5% (2,517 votes), with 5,411 ballots cast among the township's 7,323 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.9%.[82] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 49.3% of the vote (2,582 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry, who received around 47.1% (2,468 votes), with 5,242 ballots cast among the township's 7,107 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 73.8.[83]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 70.7% of the vote (2,253 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 27.9% (889 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (43 votes), among the 3,271 ballots cast by the township's 7,828 registered voters (86 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.8%.[84][85] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 54.9% of the vote (1,749 ballots cast), ahead of both Democrat Jon Corzine with 36.7% (1,168 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 4.9% (155 votes), with 3,186 ballots cast among the township's 7,462 registered voters, yielding a 42.7% turnout.[86]
Education
The Waterford Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.[87] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 819 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[88] Schools in the district (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[89]) are
Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center[90] with 221 students in grades 2–3 (now Pre-K–K),
Atco Elementary School[91] with 193 students in grades K–1 (now grades 1–2) and
Waterford Elementary School[92] with 400 students in grades 4–6.[93][94]
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Hammonton Public Schools in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship, alongside students from Folsom, who attend for grades 9–12 as part of an agreement with the Folsom Borough School District.[95][96] In the wake of the dissolution of the Lower Camden County Regional School District, the Hammonton board of education voted in 1999 to begin accepting an estimated 800 students from Waterford Township for grades 7–12 starting as soon as 2002, with the tuition paid by students from Waterford helping to lower overall costs to Hammonton taxpayers and the New Jersey Department of Education approved the agreement.[97][98] Schools in the Hammonton district attended by Waterford Township students (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[99]) are
Hammonton Middle School[100] with 879 students in grades 6–8 and
Hammonton High School[101] with 1,393 students in grade 9–12.[102]
Assumption School, located in Atco, was an elementary school that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, which closed the school at the end of the 2012–2013 school year in the wake of declining enrollment, though parents and contributors argued that they had raised the funds and met the attendance criteria needed to keep the school operating.[103]
Transportation
U.S. Route 30 westbound at Route 73 in Waterford Township
Roads and highways
As of May2010[update], the township had a total of 87.48 miles (140.79km) of roadways, of which 61.64 miles (99.20km) were maintained by the municipality, 21.86 miles (35.18km) by Camden County and 3.98 miles (6.41km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[104]
U.S. Route 30 (White Horse Pike) enters from Berlin borough and continues for 3.3 miles (5.3km) into Chesilhurst.[105] while Route 73 runs for a short distance along the township's western border, entering from Winslow Township and exiting into Berlin borough.[106] U.S. 30 and NJ 73 intersect on the west side of the township.[107]
County Route 534 (Jackson Road) enters from Berlin Township on the west near the Atco station and continues for almost 8 miles (13km) across the township's northern border, into Shamong Township in Burlington County.[108] County Route 536 (New Brooklyn / Cedarbrook Road / Pump Branch Road / Pennington Avenue) runs for 5.6 miles (9.0km) from Monroe Township in Gloucester County into Waterford Township.[109]
The closest limited access road is the Atlantic City Expressway in neighboring Winslow Township. Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike are two towns away.
Public transportation
Atco station, which is served by NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line
Township Administrator, Waterford Township. Accessed May 6, 2022. "Waterford Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government. The five-member Township Committee is 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. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen by the Township Committee from among its members during the Reorganization meeting each January."
Township Clerk, Waterford Township. Accessed May 6, 2022.
Prowell, George Reeser. The History of Camden County, New Jersey, p. 656. Richards, 1886. Accessed October 22, 2015. "On the 1st of June, 1695, the grand jury of Gloucester County made return to the court in which it was declared that, 'Whereas there was a law made by ye last assembly for dividing ye county into particular townships, therefore they (the jury) agree and order that from Pensaukin or Cropwell River to the lowermost branch of Coopers Creek shall be one constabulary or township,' which received the name of Waterford, it is supposed from a resemblance of the lower part of the territory to a fishing town on the Barrow in Ireland."
Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 22, 2015. Listed as "Waterford, England".
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.."
Al Dyer, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022. As of date accessed, incorrect term dates are listed.
Melinda Kane, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022. As of date accessed, incorrect term dates are listed.
Jeffrey L. Nash, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022. "He is resident of Winslow Township." As of date accessed, incorrect term dates are listed.
Members List: Surrogates, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022.
Your Government, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022.
Staff, Office of the Camden County Prosecutor. Accessed March 14, 2022. "Grace C. MacAulay was sworn in as Camden County Prosecutor on January 6, 2022, capping a nearly 30-year legal career dedicated to seeking justice for victims."
2009 Governor: Camden CountyArchived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 15, 2012.
Waterford Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Waterford Township School District. Accessed April 3, 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 six in the Waterford Township School District. Composition: The Waterford Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Waterford Township."
About Us, Waterford Township School District. Accessed April 3, 2020. "Waterford Township School District is a prekindergarten – 6th grade district serving approximately 890 students in three schools. Upon graduating from 6th grade, students continue their public education in nearby Hammonton Public School District. School / Grades: Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center Preschool & Kindergarten; Atco Elementary School Grades 1-2; Waterford Elementary School Grades 3- 6"
Hammonton Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 24, 2016. "The Hammonton Public School System serves children from Hammonton, Waterford, and Folsom - as well as over 140 NJ Department of Education Choice students."
Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
Arnold, Stephanie L. "Hammonton Board Decides To Accept Waterford Students More Money For An Improved Curriculum Is Expected Once The 800 Junior And Senior High Pupils Arrive.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 1999. Accessed December 15, 2014. "The school board has been mulling the issue since the Waterford Board of Education, in Camden County, decided in September that it wanted to send its 800 junior high and high school students to the Atlantic County school district. Last year, five of seven towns that make up the Lower Camden County Regional School District voted to dissolve it within three years, leaving each town responsible for educating its students."
Board of Education of the Town of Hammonton, Atlantic County, petitioner, New Jersey Department of Education, January 4, 2000. Accessed December 15, 2014. "This matter arises from the pending dissolution of the Lower Camden County Regional School District No. 1 (LCCR). Petitioner, Hammonton BOE, has a proposed sending/receiving contract with Waterford, one of the constituent districts of the LCCR, to accept that district's students in grades 7-12....The Commissioner found that education law poses no impediment to Hammonton entering a sending/receiving relationship with Waterford pursuant to the parties' proposed agreement (N.J.S.A. 18A:38-11)."
Laday, Jason. "Fuming parents question whereabouts of $340K after closure of Atco Catholic school", South Jersey Times, May 10, 2013. Accessed November 11, 2013. "There is a serious lack of trust, and $340,000, at Assumption School in Atco. The Diocese of Camden's decision in February to close the school at the end of this academic year has caused a wave of anger and accusations from parents and other supporters, who have since cried fraud over the apparent disappearance of hundreds of thousands of dollars they say they have raised over the last two and a half years in order to keep the school going."
South Jersey Transit GuideArchived September 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Cross County Connection, as of April 1, 2010. Accessed November 11, 2013.
Johnson, Brent. "How N.J. native Conway got Trump over the finish line", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 9, 2016. Accessed November 9, 2016. "Conway, who grew up in the Atco section of Waterford Township in Camden County, was hired in August, at a time when Trump was suffering from gaffes and drooping poll numbers."
Rey Ramsey, The HistoryMakers. Accessed December 15, 2014. "Lawyer and Chief Executive Officer of One Economy Corporation Rey Ramsey was born Reynard Ramsey on September 10, 1960, in Lower Marion Township, Pennsylvania. At the age of five, Ramsey and his family moved to a predominantly white neighborhood in Atco, New Jersey, where he attended grammar and high school."
via Associated Press. "Ex-wrestler Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka charged in girlfriend's 1983 death", The Record, September 1, 2015. Accessed September 2, 2015. "Snuka, now 72 and living in Waterford Township, N.J., wrote about Argentino's death in his 2012 autobiography, maintaining his innocence and saying the episode had ruined his life."
Sally Starr, Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Accessed September 2, 2015. "Sally was instrumental in the resurrection of the "Wilson Line Show Cruises." She was a survivor, having had a heart attack in 1993. She lived in her home in Atco, New Jersey."
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