Alloway Township, New Jersey
Township in Salem County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alloway Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,283,[8] a decrease of 184 (−5.3%) from the 2010 census count of 3,467,[17][18] which in turn reflected an increase of 693 (+25.0%) from the 2,774 counted in the 2000 census.[19]
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Alloway Township, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 39.562311°N 75.310603°W / 39.562311; -75.310603[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Salem |
Royal charter | June 17, 1767, as Upper Alloways Creek Township |
Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
Renamed | February 21, 1884, as Alloway Township |
Named for | Native American Chief Alloway |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Body | Township Committee |
• Mayor | P. Ed McKelvey (R, term ends December 31, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator / Municipal clerk | Charlet Cheeseman[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 33.91 sq mi (87.84 km2) |
• Land | 33.48 sq mi (86.70 km2) |
• Water | 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2) 1.29% |
• Rank | 71st of 565 in state 6th of 15 in county[1] |
Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,283 |
• Estimate (2023)[9] | 3,319 |
• Rank | 435th of 565 in state 9th of 15 in county[10] |
• Density | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km2) |
• Rank | 542nd of 565 in state 10th of 15 in county[10] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area codes | 856 exchanges: 339, 878, 935[13] |
FIPS code | 3403300880[1][14][15] |
GNIS feature ID | 00882131[16] |
Website | www |
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