Shamong Township, New Jersey
| Shamong Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Shamong | |
 Shamong Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Shamong Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°47′06″N 74°42′59″W / 39.78495°N 74.71645°WCoordinates: 39°47′06″N 74°42′59″W / 39.78495°N 74.71645°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | February 19, 1852 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Tim L. Gimbel (R, term ends December 31, 2016) |
| • Administrator / Clerk | Susan Onorato |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.994 sq mi (116.534 km2) |
| • Land | 44.392 sq mi (114.974 km2) |
| • Water | 0.602 sq mi (1.560 km2) 1.34% |
| Area rank | 41st of 566 in state 6th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 6,490 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 6,419 |
| • Rank | 329th of 566 in state 26th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 146.2/sq mi (56.4/km2) |
| • Density rank | 526th of 566 in state 35th of 40 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08088 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 268, 801, 859 |
| FIPS code | 3400566810 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882084 |
| Website | www |
Shamong Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 6,490, reflecting an increase of 28 (+0.4%) from the 6,462 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 697 (+12.1%) from the 5,765 counted in the 1990 Census.
Shamong was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 19, 1852, from portions of Medford Township, Southampton Township and Washington Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Woodland Township (March 7, 1866) and Tabernacle Township (March 22, 1901). In April 1902, portions of Hammonton and Waterford Township were annexed to the township. The township's name comes from Native American terms meaning "place of the big horn", from the words oschummo ("horn") and onk ("place").
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Shamong Township as its 6th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
This area and much of present-day southern New Jersey was inhabited by Lenape at the time of European encounter. They spoke Unami, one of the three major dialects of Lenape, which was part of the Algonquian language family. The Lenape ranged from the New York metropolitan area and western Long Island, into New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River, and Delaware.
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