Haddon Heights, New Jersey
| Haddon Heights, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Haddon Heights | |
Hinchman-Lippincott House
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 Haddon Heights highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Haddon Heights, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°52′45″N 75°03′57″W / 39.879127°N 75.065918°WCoordinates: 39°52′45″N 75°03′57″W / 39.879127°N 75.065918°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Camden |
| Founded | 1699 |
| Incorporated | March 2, 1904 |
| Named for | Elizabeth Haddon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Jack D. Merryfield Jr. (R, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Clerk | Kelly Santosusso |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.574 sq mi (4.076 km2) |
| • Land | 1.569 sq mi (4.063 km2) |
| • Water | 0.005 sq mi (0.014 km2) 0.33% |
| Area rank | 444th of 566 in state 22nd of 37 in county |
| Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 7,473 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 7,514 |
| • Rank | 306th of 566 in state 18th of 37 in county |
| • Density | 4,764.1/sq mi (1,839.4/km2) |
| • Density rank | 116th of 566 in state 11th of 37 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08035 |
| Area code(s) | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400728800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885239 |
| Website | www |
Haddon Heights is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 7,473, reflecting a decline of 74 (-1.0%) from the 7,547 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 313 (-4.0%) from the 7,860 counted in the 1990 Census.
Haddon Heights was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1904, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township and parts of Haddon Township. Haddon Heights is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold. The borough was named for Elizabeth Haddon, an early settler of the area.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Haddon Heights as the 98th best place to live in New Jersey in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey, and the borough has also been listed among its "Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia" by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. In 2011, New Jersey Monthly named Haddon Heights the second best town to live in Southern New Jersey, after Moorestown Township.
The land that was to become Haddon Heights was settled in 1699 by John Hinchman. In 1713, John Siddon built a farmhouse near Hinchman's property. John Thorn Glover dammed King's Run and constructed a mill race and fulling mill on this property before 1776. Jacob Hinchman built a frame dwelling no later than 1720 that was later enlarged by American Revolutionary War hero Col. Joseph Ellis. New Jersey governor Joseph Bloomfield later purchased this property.
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