Richland is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, in the

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. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 08350. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for

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(ZCTA) 08350 was 825.DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA 08350
,

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. Accessed December 10, 2016. The

Cape May Seashore Lines Cape May Seashore Lines is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey that operates both freight trains and excursion trains. It offers two excursion services: a round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe along the Beesley's Point Secondary ...

operates passenger rail service from Richland to Tuckahoe, from a scale reproduction of the original Richland Station, which was removed in the mid-1960s.

Mojito, New Jersey

On April 26, 2004, the Buena Vista Township Committee voted to temporarily rename the community of Richland, a section of Buena Vista Township. For the first half of the month of May 2004, Richland became ''Mojito, New Jersey'', named after the Cuban rum drink.

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had offered to give the township $5,000 for recreation projects in exchange for commemorating the new name with a sign on

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for those weeks. Richland was chosen because it is home to the family-run Dalponte Farms, a major East Coast supplier of

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, an essential ingredient of the

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Demographics

Education

The CDP is in the

Buena Regional School District The Buena Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township, two municipalities in Atlantic County, in the U.S. ...

. Founded in 1959, St. Augustine Preparatory School is an all-male

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, operated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.

Attractions

* Patcong Valley Railroad MuseumAbout Us
Patcong Valley Railroad Museum. Accessed June 29, 2016.

References

External links

Mojito cocktails
{{Atlantic County, New Jersey Buena Vista Township, New Jersey Census-designated places in Atlantic County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Atlantic County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey