Millville, New Jersey
| Millville, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Millville | |
High Street in downtown Millville in 2006
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| Nickname(s): "The Holly City of America" | |
 Map of Millville highlighted within Cumberland County. Right: Location of Cumberland County in New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Millville, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°23′24″N 75°03′17″W / 39.390094°N 75.054797°WCoordinates: 39°23′24″N 75°03′17″W / 39.390094°N 75.054797°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Cumberland |
| Founded | circa-1720 |
| Incorporated | February 24, 1801 (as Township) |
| Reincorporated | March 1, 1866 (as City) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Walsh Act |
| • Body | Board of Commissioners |
| • Mayor | Michael Santiago (term ends December 31, 2017) |
| • Clerk | Susan G. Robostello |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.489 sq mi (115.228 km2) |
| • Land | 42.001 sq mi (108.783 km2) |
| • Water | 2.488 sq mi (6.445 km2) 5.59% |
| Area rank | 43rd of 566 in state 4th of 14 in county |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 28,400 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 28,230 |
| • Rank | 78th of 566 in state 2nd of 14 in county |
| • Density | 676.2/sq mi (261.1/km2) |
| • Density rank | 416th of 566 in state 3rd of 14 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08332 |
| Area code(s) | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3401146680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885304 |
| Website | www |
Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 28,400, reflecting an increase of 1,553 (+5.8%) from the 26,847 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 855 (+3.3%) from the 25,992 counted in the 1990 Census. Millville, Bridgeton and Vineland are the three principal New Jersey cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes.
Millville was originally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 24, 1801, from portions of Fairfield Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Landis Township on March 7, 1864. Millville was reincorporated as a city on March 1, 1866, based on the results of a referendum passed that same day. The city derives its name from a proposal to create a mill town in the area.
Known as "Shingle Landing" in its earliest days, a sawmill was believed to have existed at Leaming's Mill at around 1720. The area also had a public road, a boat landing, and a bridge-like structure.
In 1790, Joseph Smith and Henry Drinker purchased 24,000 acres (97 km2) of land known as the Union Mills Tract. They formed the Union Estates Company, built lumber mills along the Maurice River and established a dam to power these new mills. Joseph Buck, an American Revolutionary War veteran who served under General George Washington, was part of a group that purchased the land in the area in 1795 and laid out the plans for what would become Millville.
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