Tabernacle Township, New Jersey
| Tabernacle Township, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Tabernacle | |
Center of the township — The municipal building is in the foreground
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| Motto: Gateway to the Pines | |
 Tabernacle Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Tabernacle Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°49′06″N 74°39′05″W / 39.818276°N 74.651454°WCoordinates: 39°49′06″N 74°39′05″W / 39.818276°N 74.651454°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Burlington |
| Incorporated | March 22, 1901 |
| Named for | Tabernacle in the Wilderness Church |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Stephen V. Lee IV (term ends December 31, 2017) |
| • Administrator | Douglas A. Cramer |
| • Clerk | LaShawn R. Barber |
| Area | |
| • Total | 49.614 sq mi (128.501 km2) |
| • Land | 49.120 sq mi (127.221 km2) |
| • Water | 0.494 sq mi (1.280 km2) 1.00% |
| Area rank | 33rd of 566 in state 5th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 6,949 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 6,954 |
| • Rank | 320th of 566 in state 25th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 141.5/sq mi (54.6/km2) |
| • Density rank | 527th of 566 in state 36th 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 | 3400572060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882081 |
| Website | www |
Tabernacle Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 6,949 reflecting an decline of 221 (-3.1%) from the 7,170 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 190 (-2.6%) from the 7,360 counted in the 1990 Census.
Tabernacle was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1901, from portions of Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Woodland Township. The township was named for a tabernacle constructed by missionaries David and John Brainerd.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tabernacle Township as its 23rd best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Tabernacle Township as its sixth best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. In 2009, it was rated the #1 small town by South Jersey Magazine.
The area that is now Tabernacle was inhabited by Lenni Lenape Native Americans. In 1778, John and David Brainerd came to the area and erected a church to convert the local Native Americans to Christianity. The church was called Tabernacle In The Wilderness. In 1803, William Wilkins acquired land from Hosea Moore to build Tabernacle Cemetery, next to the church.
The church was originally used as a schoolhouse but in 1856, the one-room Union School was built on the future site of Tabernacle Town Hall to serve the children of the community. As the community grew, a second schoolhouse was built in the vicinity of the other school.
In 1860, Gilbert Knight built the Pepper-Knight House next to the Union Schoolhouse. It was later sold to the Pepper family who turned the property over to the Tabernacle Historic District following Clara Pepper's death in 1987. In the 1880s there were problems at the Tabernacle, so a new church was built on the spot. It was called the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, which still stands today.
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