Delran Township is a

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, United States. As of the

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, the township's population was 16,896, reflecting an increase of 1,360 (+8.8%) from the 15,536 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,358 (+17.9%) from the 13,178 counted in the 1990 Census. Delran Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the

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on February 12, 1880, from portions of Cinnaminson Township. Portions of the township were taken to create Riverside Township on February 20, 1895.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 95. Accessed June 18, 2012. The township's name is a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsDelaware River and Rancocas Creek.

Geography

According to the

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, the township had a total area of 7.25 square miles (18.78 km²), including 6.63 square miles (17.17 km²) of land and 0.62 square miles (1.61 km²) of water (8.58%). The township borders Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township,

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, Riverside Township and Willingboro Township in Burlington County; and

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, across the

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. Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bridgeboro, Cambridge, Chesterville, Fairview, Milltown and Riverside Park.

Demographics

Census 2010

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010

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dollars)

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was $77,220 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,880) and the median family income was $90,487 (+/− $5,875). Males had a median income of $65,365 (+/− $3,756) versus $46,941 (+/− $4,681) for females. The

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for the borough was $34,191 (+/− $1,760). About 3.3% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the

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, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 15,536 people, 5,816 households, and 4,327 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 5,936 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 82.87%

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, 9.42%

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, 0.17% Native American, 2.80%

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, 0.16%

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, 1.63% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.25% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Cinnaminson township, Burlington County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 9, 2013.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Delran township, Burlington County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 9, 2013. There were 5,816 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were

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living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.11. In the township the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. The median income for a household in the township was $58,526, and the median income for a family was $67,895. Males had a median income of $46,496 versus $31,024 for females. The

for the township was $25,312. About 3.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the

, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Delran Township is governed within the

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(formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government (Plan D), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1972. The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council, all of whom are elected to staggered four-year terms on a partisan basis as part of the November general election in even-numbered years. The Township Council is comprised of three members elected to represent

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and two elected

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. Terms for the mayor and council are staggered, with the three ward seats up for vote together and the two at-large and mayoral seats expiring two years later.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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, March 2013, p. 38. Beginning in 2010, elections for Mayor and Council were shifted from non-partisan to partisan. , the Mayor of Delran Township, New Jersey is

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Gary Catrambone, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the Delran Township Council are Council President Tyler Burrell (at-large; 2024), Council Vice President Thomas A. Lyon (Ward 2; 2022), Lynn Jeney (at-large, 2024), Virginia Parejo (Ward 1; 2022) and Marlowe Smith (Ward 3; 2022, elected to serve an unexpired term).Elected Officials
Delran Township. Accessed June 23, 2022. "Delran is organized under the Optional Municipal Charter Law as a Mayor-Council form of government conducted every two years. The governing body consists of five members with three elected to represent their wards. The terms are four-year staggered terms. The Mayor and the remaining two members of the governing body are elected at large for four-year terms."November 2, 2021 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results

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, updated November 17, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019. The Township Council appointed Marlowe Smith in January 2021 from the three nominees submitted by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Ward 3 seat expiring in December 2022 that became vacant after Michael Mormando resigned the previous month. Smith served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office. In February 2019, the Township Council selected Thomas Lyon from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Ward 2 seat expiring in December 2022 that was vacated by Dan O'Connell when he was selected to fill a vacant seat on the Burlington County Board of chosen freeholders the previous month; Lyon served on an interim basis until the November 2019 general election, when he was elected to fill the remaining three years of the term of office.

Fire department

The Delran Fire Department has two volunteer fire stations in the township, Station No. 1 (founded in April 1916) and No. 2 (formed in 1928). The rescue operations are coordinated by supervisors, and carried out with equipped vehicles in the stations. The two stations originated in the early twentieth century, during the development of the township. The station has about 35 active members and an emergency response that responds to fire with more than 600 calls a year.

Federal, state and county representation

Delran Township is located in the 3rd Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report

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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District

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. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey

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. Accessed October 30, 2019.

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is governed by a

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comprised of five members who are chosen

in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year; at an annual reorganization meeting, the board selects a director and deputy director from among its members.Board of County Commissioners
Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed February 26, 2022. ,

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are Commissioner Director Daniel J. O'Connell ( D, Delran Township; term as commissioner ends December 31, 2024; term as director ends 2022) Commissioner Deputy Director Tom Pullion (D, Edgewater Park, term as commissioner ends 2023; term as deputy director ends 2022), Allison Eckel (D, Medford, 2022; appointed to fill an unexpired term), Felicia Hopson (D, Willingboro Township, 2024) and

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(D, Burlington Township, 2023). Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are

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Joanne Schwartz (R, Southampton Township, 2023), Sheriff Anthony Basantis (D, Burlington Township, 2022) and

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Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 10,192 registered voters in Delran Township, of which 3,551 (34.8% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,091 (20.5% vs. 23.9%) were registered as

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and 4,546 (44.6% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as

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.Voter Registration Summary - Burlington

Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 25, 2014. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 60.3% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 80.4% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide). In the

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, Democrat

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received 4,623 votes here (56.6% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 3,410 votes (41.8% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 70 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 8,162 ballots cast by the township's 10,687 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.4% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 4,766 votes here (57.1% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 3,452 votes (41.3% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 73 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 8,351 ballots cast by the township's 10,324 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.9% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat

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received 4,083 votes here (52.2% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 3,639 votes (46.6% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 61 votes (0.8% vs. 0.8%), among the 7,815 ballots cast by the township's 9,760 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.1% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,939 votes here (62.3% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat

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with 1,634 votes (34.6% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 65 votes (1.4% vs. 1.2%), among the 4,717 ballots cast by the township's 10,593 registered voters, yielding a 44.5% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,435 votes here (49.7% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 2,171 votes (44.3% vs. 44.5%), Independent

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with 201 votes (4.1% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 45 votes (0.9% vs. 1.2%), among the 4,898 ballots cast by the township's 10,422 registered voters, yielding a 47.0% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

Education

Public schools

The Delran Township School District serves public school students in

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through

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. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,970 students and 242.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.2:1.District information for Delran Township School District

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

) are Millbridge Elementary School with 653 students in grades Pre-K–2, Delran Intermediate School with 617 students in grades 3–5, Delran Middle School with 707 students in grades 6–8 and

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with 938 students in grades 9–12. Students from Delran Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the

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, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton.

Private schools

Holy Cross Academy is an independent regional

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high school founded in 1957 and is the only such school in Burlington County. With the start of the 2018–2019 school year, the school operates independent of the supervision and financial support of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton and leases the building from the Diocese. Montessori Academy of New Jersey is a private school located in Delran Township, and is one of only three AMI-certified

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schools in New Jersey. MANJ was founded in 1965 and educates students ages 18 months through 14 years old.

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the township had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Burlington County and by the

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is the main highway serving Delran. County Route 543 also crosses the township.

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides bus service on the 409 and 417 route between Trenton and

, and on the

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route between

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and

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. BurLink bus service is offered on the B8 route (between the Riverside station and Hartford crossing / Delran) and the B10 route (between Cinnaminson station and Route 130 / Union Landing Road). Although there is no station in the township, the NJ Transit River Line passenger rail runs through Delran along St. Mihiel Drive. Nearby stations in

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(accessible via the BurLink B8 route) and Cinnaminson (accessible via the BurLink B10 route) offer southbound service to

and the Walter Rand Transportation Center (with transfers available to the

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) and northbound service to the Trenton Rail Station with connections to NJ Transit trains to

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trains to

, and

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trains on the

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Media

Print

Delran is served by a handful of daily newspapers including the '' Burlington County Times'', ''

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'', '' The Trenton Times'', '' The Trentonian'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. Weeklies include ''The Delran Sun'' and the ''Newsweekly''. ''South Jersey'' and ''

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'' are monthly, covering the entire metropolitan area.

Television

Delran is served by the Philadelphia market of stations of six major television networks,

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, Ch. 6), CBS (

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, Ch. 3), NBC ( WCAU, Ch. 10),

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( WHYY-TV, Ch. 12),

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( WPSG, Ch. 57), MyNetworkTV ( WPHL-TV, Ch. 17) and

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( WTXF-TV, Ch. 29), as well as several

and independent stations.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Delran Township include: *

Raphael Bostic Raphael W. Bostic (born June 5, 1966) is an American economist, academic, and public servant who has served as the 15th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta since 2017.Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in June 2017 *

Jake Burbage Jacob Daniel Burbage (born September 27, 1992) is an American actor, writer, director, and musician. As an actor, he is best known for his role on ''Grounded for Life'' as Henry Finnerty. Burbage attended Moorestown Friends School and graduated ...

(born 1992), actor who is best known for his role on '' Grounded for Life'' *

Bill Duff Bill Duff (born February 24, 1974) is a former National Football League, NFL Europe, and Arena Football League defensive tackle, and host of '' Human Weapon'' on the History Channel.NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

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, and Arena Football defensive tackle who co-hosted The History Channel series ''

Human Weapon ''Human Weapon '' is a television show on The History Channel that premiered on July 20, 2007. The hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, traveled around the world studying the unique martial arts, or styles of fighting, that have origins in the re ...

'' *

Tricia Fabbri Tricia Fabbri is an American basketball coach who is currently the women's basketball head coach at Quinnipiac University. Fabbri grew up in Delran Township, New Jersey and graduated from Delran High School in 1987. Playing career Fabbri play ...

, women's basketball head coach at

Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac University () is a private university in Hamden, Connecticut. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Engineering, School of C ...

Donald Goerke Donald Edward Goerke (August 8, 1926 – January 10, 2010) was an American business executive and food developer. While working for the Franco-American division of the Campbell Soup Company in 1965, he invented SpaghettiOs, and was thereafte ...

(1926–2010), business executive and food developer, who invented

SpaghettiOs SpaghettiOs is an American brand of canned ring-shaped pasta pieces that are always in tomato sauce. It is marketed to parents as "less messy" than regular spaghetti. More than 150 million cans of SpaghettiOs are sold each year. They are sold in ...

while working for the Franco-American division of the

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in 1965 *

Nate Hemsley Nathaniel Richard Hemsley (born May 15, 1974) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers. He played college football at Syracuse University. Early l ...

(born 1974), former football

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who played in the

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for the

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Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

and

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. T ...

* Alex Lewis (born 1981), football linebacker with the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

Carli Lloyd Carli Anne Hollins (; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA Player of the Year ...

(born 1982), Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012,

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and world champion in 2015 and 2019 with the

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Todd Lowber Todd Lowber (born January 26, 1982) is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2007. ...

(born 1982), former football wide receiver who played for the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

of the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

* Heather Marter, participant in 2011's ''

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

'' *

Suzanne Muldowney Suzanne Muldowney (born August 13, 1952), nicknamed Underdog Lady, is a performance artist known for her appearances in parades in various cities throughout the year in her elaborate homemade costumes. She often dresses as the cartoon character U ...

, performance artist known as "Underdog Lady" * Jeremy Rafanello (born 2000),

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who plays for

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in the

United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a Association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues curren ...

* John Sacca (born 1971), former

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in the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

who played for the

Connecticut Coyotes The Connecticut Coyotes were an arena football franchise based in Hartford, Connecticut. The Coyotes played in the Eastern Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League. History On June 22, 1994, the Arena Football League aw ...

Tony Sacca Anthony John Sacca (born April 17, 1970) is a former quarterback who played for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 1988 to 1991 and who played briefly in the NFL for the Phoenix Cardinals. He was drafted in the second round of the 199 ...

(born 1970), former

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

who played for the Phoenix Cardinals *

Ernest F. Schuck Ernest F. Schuck (March 1, 1929 – May 16, 2009) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served for seven years as mayor of Barrington, New Jersey and eight years in the New Jersey General Assembly, from ...

(1929–2009), politician who served for seven years as mayor of

Barrington, New Jersey Barrington is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,983,New Jersey General Assembly, from 1974 to 1982, where he represented the 5th Legislative District *

Peter Vermes Peter Joseph Vermes (; born November 21, 1966) is an American professional soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer. As of 2022, Vermes is currently the longest-tenured head c ...

(born 1966), Head coach and technical director of

Sporting KC Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and ...

who was a World Cup and MLS soccer veteran * Peter Wright (born 1972), swimmer in the 1500m freestyle at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

History of Jersey Wahoos
, Jersey Wahoos. Accessed June 6, 2011.

References

External links

Township of Delran
official page {{authority control 1880 establishments in New Jersey Faulkner Act (mayor–council) Populated places established in 1880 Townships in Burlington County, New Jersey New Jersey populated places on the Delaware River