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Centre Township, New Jersey

1850-1920 1860-1870 1870 1880-1890 1890-1910 1910-1930 Centre Township was a township that existed in Camden County, New Jersey from 1855 through 1926.

Centre Township was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1855, from portions of the now-defunct Union Township:

Over the years, portions of Centre Township were taken to create several new municipalities:

  • Haddon Heights on March 2, 1904 (also portions of Haddon Township)
  • Magnolia on April 14, 1915 (also portions of Clementon)
  • Barrington on March 27, 1917
  • Tavistock on February 16, 1921
  • Brooklawn on March 11, 1924
  • Bellmawr on March 23, 1926
  • Mount Ephraim on March 23, 1926
  • Runnemede on March 23, 1926
  • Lawnside on March 24, 1926 (also portions of Barrington)

With the creation of Lawnside, Centre Township was officially dissolved.

References

References

  1. Barnett, Bob. [http://westjersey.org/popcam_04.htm Population Data for Camden County Municipalities, 1850 - 2000], WestJersey.org, January 6, 2011. Accessed September 24, 2013.
  2. link. (2014-06-29 , [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed September 24, 2013.)
  3. Raum, John O. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5qZ4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA279 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], p. 279, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed September 25, 2013. "Center township contained in 1860 1,305, inhabitants and in 1870, 1,718."
  4. Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gNwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA259 ''A compendium of the ninth census, 1870''], p. 259. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed September 24, 2013.
  5. Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA97 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75''], p. 97. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed September 24, 2013.
  6. [https://books.google.com/books?id=T9HrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA336 ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 336. Accessed September 25, 2013.
  7. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA715 "Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930 - Population Volume I"], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 715. Accessed September 25, 2013. Data for 1910 and 1920 for Centre Township is listed in footnote 4.
  8. Snyder, John P. [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 104. Accessed November 3, 2012.
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