Moorestown Township
| Moorestown, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Moorestown | |
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 Moorestown Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Moorestown, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°58′37″N 74°56′42″W / 39.977074°N 74.944998°WCoordinates: 39°58′37″N 74°56′42″W / 39.977074°N 74.944998°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Burlington |
| Founded | 1682 |
| Incorporated | March 11, 1922 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Manny Delgado (R, term ends December 31, 2018) |
| • Manager | Thomas Merchel (Acting) |
| • Clerk | Patricia L. Hunt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.918 sq mi (38.638 km2) |
| • Land | 14.693 sq mi (38.055 km2) |
| • Water | 0.225 sq mi (0.583 km2) 1.51% |
| Area rank | 176th of 566 in state 16th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 20,726 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 20,564 |
| • Rank | 125th of 566 in state 7th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 1,410.6/sq mi (544.6/km2) |
| • Density rank | 343rd of 566 in state 20th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08057 |
| Area code(s) | 609 and 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400547880 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882095 |
| Website | www |
Moorestown is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 20,726, reflecting an increase of 1,709 (+9.0%) from the 19,017 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,901 (+18.0%) from the 16,116 counted in the 1990 Census.
Moorestown was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1922, from portions of Chester Township (now Maple Shade Township), based on the results of a referendum held on April 25, 1922. The township is named for a Thomas Moore who settled in the area in 1722 and constructed a hotel though other sources attribute the name to poet Thomas Moore.
The township banned all liquor sales in 1915 and retained the restrictions after Prohibition ended in 1933. Referenda aiming to repeal the ban failed in both 1935 and 1953. In 2007, the Township Council approved a referendum that would allow the sale by auction of six liquor licenses (the state limit of one per every 3,000 residents), with estimates that each license could sell over $1 million each. The referendum did not receive enough votes to pass. In 2011, voters repealed the liquor ban; however, liquor sales in the township will be restricted to the Moorestown Mall.
In 2005 Moorestown was ranked number one in Money magazine's list of the 100 best places to live in America. The magazine screened over a thousand small towns and created a list of the top 100 for its August 2005 issue, in which Moorestown earned the top spot because of its community feeling, in addition to plentiful jobs within the commuting area, excellent schools, low crime rate, and affordable housing. Another attribute is its proximity to Philadelphia (about a 25-minute commute), a center of jobs and cultural and urban amenities.
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