National Park, New Jersey
| National Park, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of National Park | |
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| Motto: Home to the Red Bank Battlefield | |
 Map of National Park highlighted within Gloucester County. Inset: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of National Park, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°52′02″N 75°11′08″W / 39.867297°N 75.185621°WCoordinates: 39°52′02″N 75°11′08″W / 39.867297°N 75.185621°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County |
 Gloucester
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| Incorporated | April 15, 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Mark Cooper (D, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Administrator / Clerk | Joshua L. Pitts |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.452 sq mi (3.762 km2) |
| • Land | 1.004 sq mi (2.601 km2) |
| • Water | 0.448 sq mi (1.161 km2) 30.86% |
| Area rank | 456th of 566 in state 20th of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 3,036 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 2,999 |
| • Rank | 452nd of 566 in state 21st of 24 in county |
| • Density | 3,023.2/sq mi (1,167.3/km2) |
| • Density rank | 215th of 566 in state 6th of 24 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08063 |
| Area code(s) | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3401549680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885314 |
| Website | www |
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,036, reflecting a decline of 169 (-5.3%) from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 208 (-6.1%) from the 3,413 counted in the 1990 Census. Despite its name, National Park is neither a national park nor associated with one.
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In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army under command of George Washington constructed two forts on the Delaware River to block the approach to Philadelphia: Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania side and Fort Mercer on the New Jersey side in what is now National Park. The fort was named in honor of Brigadier General Hugh Mercer who had died earlier that year at the Battle of Princeton. A park, monument, and museum commemorate the fort on its original site.
On October 22 of that year, in what is known as the Battle of Red Bank, an attack by 900 Hessian troops, serving under British Major General William Howe, who then occupied Philadelphia, was repelled, with heavy losses on the Hessian side (including the death of their commander, Colonel Carl Emil Kurt von Donop) by the 600 Continental defenders under Colonel Christopher Greene. After the loss of Fort Mifflin, Fort Mercer was abandoned without a fight when Lord Charles Cornwallis landed 2,000 British troops nearby on November 18.
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