Burlington County is a

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in the

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. The county is the largest by area in New Jersey. Its

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is Mount Holly.New Jersey County Map

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. Accessed July 10, 2017. As of the

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, Burlington County's population was 461,860, making it the 11th-largest of the state's 21 counties and representing a 13,126 (2.9%) increase from the 448,734 residents enumerated in the 2010 census.NJ Labor Market Views
,

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, March 15, 2011. Accessed October 3, 2013. The most populous place in the county was Evesham Township with 45,538 residents as of the 2010 census. Washington Township covered , the largest area of any municipality in the county. Burlington County is located east of the

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and is part of the

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- Camden- Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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, also known as the

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. However, the county stretches across the state, and its southeast corner reaches

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leading to New Jersey's Great Bay, which separates the county from the

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. The county is part of the

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region of the state.

History

Etymology

Anglo-European records of Burlington County date to 1681, when its court was established in the Province of West Jersey. The county was formed on May 17, 1694, "by the union of the first and second Tenths."Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 93. Accessed September 30, 2013. The county was named for

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, a town in

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History

Burlington County was also the seat of government for the Province of

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until its amalgamation with

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in 1702, forming the

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. The county was much larger and was partitioned to form additional counties as the population increased. In 1714 one partition to the north became

Hunterdon County Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,Burlington but, as the population increased in the interior, away from the

, a more central location was needed, and the seat of government was moved to Mount Holly in 1793. Increasing industrialization led to improvements in transportation which increased the profitability of agriculture in the county. Population increases in the coastal communities due to successful international trade and ship repair led to road improvements throughout the county.

Geography and climate

According to the 2010 Census, the county had an area of , including of land (97.4%) and of water (2.6%).Census 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Counties

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. Accessed May 11, 2015. Most of the county's land is coastal and alluvial plain with little relief. There are a few anomalous hills, such as

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and Arney's Mount, the highest of the county and among the highest in

at approximately above sea level. The low point is sea level along the

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and Mullica rivers. Most of the land is dotted with rivers, streams, and wetlands. Some of the largest and most important rivers in Burlington County include

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Assiscunk Creek Assiscunk Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. The name Assiscunk (also spelled Assiscunke or Essiscunk) came from the Lenape language meaning "muddy creek". Other names were Wissahisk River, B ...

, Pennsauken Creek,

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, and Wading River. Average temperatures in the county seat of Mount Holly have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in February 1934 and a record high of was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from in February to in August. According to the

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, Burlington County has a

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(''Cfa''), with relatively cool to cold winters and hot summers. Severe weather is common in the warm months. Hurricanes have struck Burlington County on occasion, but tornadoes are uncommon. Severe thunderstorms, however, are common during the warm season. Snowfall is typical in the winter, with the snowfall averages in the county ranging from about 18 to 22 inches. The nearby Atlantic Ocean moderates Burlington County's climate, and rain is common year-round. The county seat receives about 41 inches of rain per year. Another interesting weather phenomenon that occurs in Burlington County is

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in the

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, a large pine forest and reserve that takes up a good portion of Southern and Eastern Burlington County. Due to sandy soil, on clear and dry nights these areas might be colder than the surrounding areas, and there is a shorter frost-free season in these places. The sandy soil of the Pinelands loses heat much faster than the other soils or urban surfaces (concrete, asphalt) in the region, and so achieves a much lower temperature at night than the rest of the county. This effect is far less pronounced on moist, cloudy, or windy nights, as these three factors greatly reduce the radiative cooling of the sandy soil.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, the county had 461,860 people, 170,074 households, and 170,074 families. The

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was . There were 184,775 housing units at an average density of . The county's racial makeup was 65.6%

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, 16.8%

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, 0.25% Native American, 5.68% Asian, and 8.08% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 8.74% of the population. There were 170,074 households, of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.02% were

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living together, 26.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 14.6% had a male householder with no wife present and 29.4% were non-families. 30.67% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.08. About 21.1% of the county's population was under age 18, 8.3% was from age 18 to 24, 37.1% was from age 15 to 44, and 17.4% was age 65 or older. The median age was 41.4 years. The gender makeup of the county was 49.23% male and 50.76% female. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. The county's median household income was $88,797, and the median family income was $105,488. About 5.5% of the population were below the

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, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

Economy

Based on data from the

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, Burlington County had a

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(GDP) of $25.2 billion in 2018, which was ranked 10th in the state and represented an increase of 2.0% from the previous year. In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $55,227, the tenth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 228th of 3,113 counties in the United States. The

ranked the county as having the 158th-highest

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of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the 11th-highest in New Jersey) as of 2009.

Government

County government

Burlington County is governed by a

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comprised of five members elected

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by the voters in partisan elections that serve staggered three-year terms, with one or two seats up for election each year in a three-year cycle.

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have both administrative and policy-making powers. Each Burlington County Commissioner oversees a particular area of service: Administration & Natural Resources; Education & Justice; Public Works & Veteran Services; Public Safety & Health and Human Services; and Hospital and Medical Services & Elections. In 2016, commissioners were paid $10,553 and the commissioner director was paid an annual salary of $11,553; the commissioner salaries are the lowest of the state's 21 counties. , Burlington County's Commissioners are (with terms for director and deputy director ending every December 31st):Board of County Commissioners
Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed June 20, 2022. "The Burlington County Board consists of 5 members, 1 or 2 are elected each year from the county at-large for a 3-year term. The Director is elected annually by the board."November 2, 2021 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results
Burlington County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.November 3, 2020 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results
Burlington County, New Jersey, updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.November 5, 2019 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results
Burlington County, New Jersey, updated November 16, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020. In April 2022, Allison Eckel was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that became vacant after Linda Hynes resigned to take office as a

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judge. The following month, Burlington County Republicans filed suit, claiming that Eckels should be removed from office and the seat left vacant until November 2022, because the statutory timeline for the appointment was not followed. Pursuant to Article VII Section II of the

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, each county in New Jersey is required to have three elected administrative officials known as "constitutional officers." These officers are the

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and County Surrogate (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the

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(elected for a three-year term). Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are: The Burlington County Prosecutor is Scott A. Coffina of the Marlton section of Evesham Township who was nominated by

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and sworn into office in March 2017 after confirmation by the

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. Burlington County constitutes Vicinage 3 of the

and is seated at the Burlington County Courts Facility and County Office Building in Mount Holly, with additional space in the Olde Courthouse and Rancocas Building, also in Mount Holly; the Assignment Judge for Vicinage 3 is Ronald E. Bookbinder. The county is also home to the majority of megabase,

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, the entire Air Force Activity / Headquarters of JB MDL

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, and all of the main portions of the Army Support Activity,

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and most training grounds / shooting ranges lie within the county borders in New Hanover, North Hanover, Pemberton, and Springfield townships. In the 2012 general election, Democrats Aimee Belgard and Joanne Schwartz won the election as Freeholders (now Commissioners) over Republican incumbents Bruce Garganio and Mary Ann O'Brien, despite being outspent by a six-to-one margin. However, in 2014, both Garganio and O'Brien were successful in winning back seats on the Freeholder board, while Aimee Belgard lost her bid for U.S. Congress, losing the popular vote in both

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and Burlington counties. In 2015, Republican newcomers Kate Gibbs and Ryan Peters ousted Belgard and Schwartz, again giving the Republican Party full control on the Freeholder Board. In 2017, Democratic newcomers Tom Pullion and Balvir Singh defeated Republican incumbents Bruce Garganio and Linda Hughes, winning the county election for Democrats for the first time in a non-presidential election year in decades. Levinsky, David
"Burlington County Democrats gain ground with election wins"
''

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'', November 8, 2017. Accessed December 2, 2017. In 2018, Democrat Joanne Schwartz defeated Republican incumbent Tim Tyler in the County Clerk election. In the freeholder elections, Democrats Felicia Hopson and George Youngkin defeated Republican incumbents Kate Gibbs and Linda Hughes. This gave Democrats a 4-1 majority, gaining control of the Freeholder Board for the first time since 1975. George Youngkin won despite having suspended his campaign due to a past domestic violence charge that was later dropped. He resigned on January 2, the day after being sworn in. Democrats appointed Daniel J. O’Connell to replace him, until a special election could be held on November 5, 2019. In 2019, Democrat Anthony Basantis defeated Republican Michael Ditzel in the Sheriff election, replacing retired Republican Sheriff

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, who was elected to the

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. In the regular election for one freeholder position, Democrat Linda A. Hynes defeated Republican Incumbent Latham Tiver. In the special election for the remaining 2 years of George Youngkin's term, incumbent Democrat Daniel J. O’Connell, who had originally been appointed to the seat, defeated Republican Lee Schneider. The election gave Democrats control over every county-wide office, except the Surrogate. However, the majority of Burlington County's state legislators are still Republicans.

Federal representatives

Two federal

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cover the county. Most of the county is in the 3rd District, with a sliver in the west being in the 1st District.

State representatives

Law enforcement

The Burlington County Sheriff's Department is headed by a sheriff elected to a three-year term. The sheriff is Anthony Basantis, elected in 2020. It is a member of the New York-New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force. The department has an Operations Division and a Courts Division. The Operations Division is headed by an undersheriff and includes Sheriff, Undersheriff, and Sheriff's Officer Chief. The division is split into a Warrants Unit and a Courts Division The Courts Division is headed by an undersheriff and includes a sheriff's officer, a lieutenant, four sergeants and forty-seven officers. This section provides security to the courts and runs the Sheriff's Emergency Response Team, a Warrant Unit and a Community Policing Unit. The Warrant Unit includes the department's canine unit. Notable former sheriffs include

William Norton Shinn William Norton Shinn (October 24, 1782, Burlington County, New Jersey – August 18, 1871, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey) was a United States representative from New Jersey. Biography Shinn was a farmer and Sheriff of Burlington County, New J ...

(1825-1828),

Samuel A. Dobbins Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (April 14, 1814 – May 26, 1886) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1877. He served as the Sheriff of Bur ...

(1854-1857), and

(2001-2019).

Politics

While historically a swing county in New Jersey politics, Burlington County has become reliably Democratic in recent decades, including in more affluent communities that have developed new residential areas, such as Medford, Mount Laurel, Moorestown, and Evesham Township (as opposed to areas along the

occupied by minority and working-class households). Burlington County has closely matched statewide totals in recent presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial elections, making it an important bellwether. As of October 1, 2021, there were a total of 353,613 registered voters in Burlington County, of whom 139,745 (39.5%) were registered as Democrats, 90,754 (25.7%) were registered as Republicans and 118,992 (33.7%) were registered as unaffiliated. There were 4,122 voters (1.2%) registered to other parties. Among the county's 2010 Census population, 65.2% were registered to vote, included 76.8% of those ages 18 and over. In the

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, however, the county voted a few points more Democratic than the state as a whole. In the 2016 election, the county mostly voted in the line with the state. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat

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received 126,377 votes countywide, ahead of Republican

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with 87,401 votes (40.2%) and other candidates with 2,158 votes (1.0%), among the 217,428 ballots cast by the county's 291,760 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.5%.Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County
,

Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 29, 2014. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 131,219 votes in the county, ahead of Republican

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with 89,626 votes (39.9%) and other candidates with 2,329 votes (1.0%), among the 224,740 ballots cast by the county's 280,836 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.0%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 66,723 votes in Burlington County (48.0%), ahead of Democrat

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with 63,114 votes (45.4%), Independent Chris Daggett with 6,333 votes (4.6%) and other candidates with 1,661 votes (1.2%), among the 139,030 ballots cast by the county's 282,209 registered voters, yielding a 49.3% turnout rate. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

received 79,220 votes countywide, ahead of Democrat

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with 46,161 votes (35.8%) and other candidates with 1,512 votes (1.2%), among the 129,060 ballots cast by the county's 289,900 registered voters, yielding a 44.5% turnout. In the 2017 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 52,191 (41.8%) of the vote, and Democrat

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received 70,453 (56.5%) of the vote. In the 2021 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 46.1% of the vote (71,772 ballots cast) to Democrat

's 53.3% (82,877 votes).

Municipalities

Municipalities have their own municipal courts, which handle traffic and minor criminal and civil matters, and the New Jersey Superior Court handles more serious cases. The 40 municipalities in Burlington County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units, and area) are:

Education

Tertiary education

Rowan College at Burlington County Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) is a public community college in Burlington County, New Jersey. Main facilities are located in Mount Laurel with other campuses in Mount Holly, Willingboro and Joint Base. History Founded as Burli ...

is a two-year public

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serving students from Burlington County. The school, located at campuses in Pemberton and Mount Laurel and was founded in 1966 and opened to students in 1969.

K-12 schools

School districts in Burlington County include:New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County
New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 1, 2022.
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Bordentown Regional School District The Bordentown Regional School District is a comprehensive regional state school, public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from communities in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, New Jer ...

Burlington County Special Services School District The Burlington County Special Services School District is a special education public school district headquartered in Westampton, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for stud ...

– County special education for ages 3–21 *

Burlington Township School District The Burlington Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Burlington Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 202 ...

Cinnaminson Township Public Schools The Cinnaminson Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cinnaminson Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 20 ...

City of Burlington Public School District The City of Burlington Public School District is a comprehensive community state school, public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade in the Burlington, New Jersey, City of Burlington, in Burlington Count ...

Delran Township School District The Delran Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Delran Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 s ...

Florence Township School District The Florence Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Florence Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018– ...

* Maple Shade School District *

Moorestown Township Public Schools The Moorestown Township Public Schools (MTPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Moorestown, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018� ...

Palmyra Public Schools The Palmyra Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves the residents of Palmyra, New Jersey, Palmyra, in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Beverly, Ne ...

Pemberton Township School District Pemberton Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district headquartered in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.Riverside School District *

Willingboro Public Schools Willingboro Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Willingboro Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 schoo ...

;Secondary: * Burlington County Institute of Technology * Lenape Regional School District * Northern Burlington Regional School District *

Pinelands Regional School District Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students from Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough along with the Burlington County municipa ...

* Rancocas Valley Regional School District ;Elementary: *

Beverly City Schools The Beverly City Schools is a community state school, public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Beverly, New Jersey, Beverly in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, New Jersey, United ...

* Chesterfield School District *

Delanco Township School District The Delanco Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Delanco Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2021–22 school year, the d ...

Eastampton Township School District The Eastampton Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Eastampton Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–2 ...

* Edgewater Park School District *

Evesham Township School District The Evesham Township School District is a comprehensive state school, public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Evesham Township, New Jersey, Evesham Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlingt ...

* Hainesport Township School District * Lumberton Township School District *

Mansfield Public Schools The Mansfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Mansfield Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2021–22 school year, ...

Medford Lakes School District The Medford Lakes School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Medford Lakes, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the dis ...

* Medford Township Public Schools *

Mount Holly Township Public Schools The Mount Holly Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community state school, public school district, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Holly, New Jersey, Mount Holly, in Burlington County, New Jersey ...

Mount Laurel Schools The Mount Laurel Schools is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Mount Laurel Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, New Jersey, United State ...

New Hanover Township School District The New Hanover Township School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from non-military portions of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown section) and Wrightstow ...

* North Hanover Township School District * Riverton School District *

Shamong Township School District The Shamong Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Shamong Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, th ...

Southampton Township Schools The Southampton Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Southampton Township, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising t ...

Springfield Township School District Springfield Township School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The district serves parts of Springfield Township, including Oreland, Flourtown, Erdenheim, and Wyndmoor. Schools * Sprin ...

Tabernacle School District The Tabernacle School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Tabernacle Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, the ...

* Washington Township School District * Westampton Township Schools *

Woodland Township School District The Woodland Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Woodland Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, ...

;Non-operating *

Bass River Township School District The Bass River Township School District is a non-operating public school district that serves students from Bass River Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Based on the results of a study performed by the Southern Regiona ...

The U.S. Census Bureau lists

in Burlington County as having its own school district. Students attend area school district public schools, as the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) does not operate any schools on that base. Students on-post in the McGuire and Dix areas (

and

) may attend one of the following in their grade levels, with all siblings in a family taking the same choice: North Hanover Township (for elementary), Northern Burlington County Regional (for secondary), and Pemberton Township (for K-12).

Libraries

The Burlington County Library became the first county library in New Jersey when it was established in 1921 in Mount Holly. Library service grew in popularity and several moves ensued as more space became a necessity. By 1971, a new headquarters facility had been constructed, Cinnaminson Township and Bordentown had joined the system as branches, and a bookmobile visited areas without local facilities. Medford and Evesham Township had joined the system by 1975. The Pemberton Township Branch joined the system in 1987. Maple Shade Township became a branch in April 2001 while Riverton, the newest branch, joined in December 2003. With a larger network of nine additional member libraries, the system provides a range of services to its residents.

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the county had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the local municipality, by Burlington County, by the

New Jersey Department of Transportation The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transporta ...

, by the

Burlington County Bridge Commission The Burlington County Bridge Commission is a public agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of several bridges in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, across the Delaware River. It now manages eight bridges, including the Tac ...

and by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. A variety of major routes were constructed through Burlington County. Major county roads include County Route 528, County Route 530, County Route 532, County Route 534 (only in Shamong Township), County Route 537, County Route 541, County Route 542, County Route 543, County Route 544, County Route 545 and County Route 563. State Routes that pass through are

Route 38 The following highways are numbered 38: Australia * A38 (Sydney) Canada * Alberta Highway 38 * Ontario Highway 38 (former) * Saskatchewan Highway 38 Czech Republic * I/38 Highway; Czech: Silnice I/38 Germany * Bundesautobahn 38 India * N ...

, Route 68, Route 70, Route 72, Route 73, Route 90 (only in Cinnaminson Township), and Route 413 (only in Burlington). U.S. Routes that traverse are U.S. Route 9 (only in Bass River Township), U.S. Route 130 and U.S. Route 206. Limited access roads include the

Garden State Parkway The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a controlled-access toll road that stretches the north–south length of eastern New Jersey from the state's southernmost tip near Cape May to the New York state line at Montvale. Its name refers to New Jerse ...

(a stretch in Bass River Township), Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike (a portion of Interstate 95). The turnpike extends through the county for approximately from Cherry Hill in Camden County to Hamilton Township in Mercer County (including the 6.5 mile (10.5 km) Turnpike Extension from the turnpike bridge over the Delaware River to the mainline at Exit 6). The county has five Turnpike interchanges: Exit 4 in Mount Laurel, Exit 5 in Westampton Township, Exit 6A in Florence Township, Exit 6 in Mansfield Township, and Exit 7 in Bordentown Township. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has widened the Parkway to three lanes in each direction from exit 80 in South Toms River,

Ocean County Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its county seat is Toms River.Somers Point,

Atlantic County Atlantic County is a County (United States), county located along the southern coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 274,534.

, which included widening of bridges at several river crossings. The Authority extended the 'dual-dual' configuration (inner car lanes and outer car / truck / bus lanes) on the turnpike south to Exit 6 from its former end at Exit 8A in Monroe Township, Middlesex County. This was finished in early November 2014.

Bridges

Driving across the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, 2011

The

maintains the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge and the Burlington–Bristol Bridge, both of which cross the

. The agency also maintains several bridges along CR 543, including the

Riverside–Delanco Bridge The Riverside–Delanco Bridge is a truss bridge with a central swing span that carries CR 543 across the Rancocas Creek, between Riverside and Delanco in New Jersey. The current bridge was built in 1934-1935 to replace the 1901 bridge, which i ...

over the

.About Our Bridges
,

. Accessed November 1, 2017. The Tacony–Palmyra Bridge is a combination steel

tied arch A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward horizontal forces of the arch(es) caused by tension at the arch ends to a foundation are countered by equal tension of its own gravity plus any element of the total deck structure such grea ...

and double-leaf

bascule bridge A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- o ...

across the Delaware River that connects

New Jersey Route 73 Route 73 is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs as an outer bypass of the Camden area from an intersection with U.S. Route 322 (US 322) in Folsom, Atlantic County, north to the Tacony–Palmyra Br ...

Palmyra Palmyra (; Palmyrene: () ''Tadmor''; ar, تَدْمُر ''Tadmur'') is an ancient city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early secon ...

with

Pennsylvania Route 73 Pennsylvania Route 73 (PA 73) is a long east–west state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. It runs from PA 61 near Leesport southeast to the New Jersey state line on the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River in ...

in the Tacony section of

. Designed by architect

Ralph Modjeski Ralph Modjeski (born Rudolf Modrzejewski; January 27, 1861 – June 26, 1940) was a Polish-American civil engineer who achieved prominence as "America's greatest bridge builder." Life He was born in Bochnia, called Galicia at the time, on Janu ...

, the bridge is long and spans . After 18 months of construction, the bridge opened in 1929, replacing ferry service that had operated between the two places since 1922. The Burlington–Bristol Bridge is a

truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

with a lift span crossing the Delaware River from Burlington to Bristol Township,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. Construction of the bridge started on April 1, 1930, and the bridge opened to traffic on May 2, 1931. The two-lane bridge is long; The lift span is long. The 13.5 million toll-paying trips on the Burlington–Bristol and Tacony–Palmyra bridges and the per-car toll of $4 (reduced to $3 with E-ZPass) for cars heading into Pennsylvania generated $51 million in revenue in 2016. The Riverside–Delanco Bridge is a truss bridge with a central swing span that carries County Route 543 across the

, between Riverside Township and Delanco Township. The current bridge was built in 1934–1935 to replace the 1901 bridge, which itself replaced an 1870 structure.

Public transportation

The River Line is a diesel light-rail system operated for

NJ Transit New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bu ...

by the Southern New Jersey Rail Group on a former Pennsylvania Railroad line between the

Trenton Transit Center Trenton Transit Center is the main passenger train station in Trenton, New Jersey. It is the southernmost stop in New Jersey on the Northeast Corridor. It is the terminus for NJ Transit trains to and from New York City and SEPTA Trenton Line ...

in Trenton and the

Walter Rand Transportation Center The Walter Rand Transportation Center is a transportation hub located at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Broadway in Camden, New Jersey. It is served by the River Line, New Jersey Transit buses and Greyhound intercity buses and also includes t ...

and other stations in Camden, with 11 stations in the county.

operates bus service into

on the following routes;

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, 406, 409 414, and 417 routes, and into Camden only on the following routes; 407, 413, 418, 419 and

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; and to Atlantic City on the 559 route.

Academy Bus Academy Bus Lines is a bus company in New Jersey providing local bus services in northern New Jersey, line-run services to/from New York City from points in southern and central New Jersey, and contract and charter service in the eastern United ...

Lines operates buses from Mount Holly, Mount Laurel, Westampton Township and Willingboro Township to

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

Port Authority Bus Terminal The Port Authority Bus Terminal (colloquially known as the Port Authority and by its acronym PABT) is a bus terminal located in Manhattan in New York City. It is the busiest bus terminal in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buse ...

in Midtown Manhattan as well as the Wall Street area of Lower Manhattan. The BurLink bus service provides three routes, under service funded by the county and operated by Stout's Transportation, providing connections to NJ Transit's bus and rail service.BurLink Bus Service
, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed October 3, 2013.

Wineries

* DeMastro Vineyards ( Southampton Township) * Iron Plow Vineyards (in the Columbus section of Mansfield Township) *

Valenzano Winery Valenzano Winery is a winery in Shamong in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. A family grain and livestock farm since 1974, the vineyard was first planted in 1991, and opened to the public in 1996.Harbach, Louise"Family farm saved by ...

( Shamong Township)

References

External links

*
Burlington County Chamber of Commerce
*
Sheriffs of Burlington County, New Jersey
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