Cedarville is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Lawrence Township, in

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, in the

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. It is part of the

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- Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 702.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP had a total area of , including of land and of water (1.81%).Gazetteer of New Jersey Places

. Accessed July 21, 2016.US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 776 people, 275 households, and 189 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 300 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 79.77% (619)

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, 10.05% (78) Black or African American, 1.29% (10) Native American, 0.39% (3) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 5.67% (44) from other races, and 2.84% (22) from two or more races.

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of any race were 10.05% (78) of the population. Of the 275 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18; 52.0% were married couples living together; 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.3% were non-families. Of all households, 24.7% were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.30. 25.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 95.6 males.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 793 people, 276 households, and 208 families living in the CDP. The

was . There were 306 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.75%

, 8.83%

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, 1.77% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 2.52% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.04% of the population.DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Cedarville CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed November 3, 2012. There were 276 households, out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were

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living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87, and the average family size was 3.26. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,500, and the median income for a family was $48,021. Males had a median income of $35,833 versus $25,962 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,446. About 2.6% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the

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, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Cedarville include: * Mercedes Mota (1880–1964) educator, writer, developed public education in the Dominican Republic with her sister Antera Mota y Reyes. Attended Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, NY 1901) as the bearer of a message about Dominican women. A brief dissertation on the feminine intellectual life in Santo Domingo, and her words aroused great interest. She was only a little over twenty years old. After raising her nieces and nephews in New York City, she lived in Cedarville from the 1940s until her death. *

Ephraim Bateman Ephraim Bateman (July 9, 1780January 28, 1829) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1826 to 1829 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1823. Early life and education B ...

(1780–1829) represented

in the

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from 1826 to 1829 and in the

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from 1815 to 1823. *

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(1844–1933) represented

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from 1895 to 1911. *

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (December 6, 1878 – May 12, 1937) was an American-born British neurologist. His research of hepatolenticular degeneration led the disease to be named after him as Wilson's disease. He was the father of British ...

(1878–1937), neurologist who described hepatolenticular degeneration, a copper metabolism disorder affecting the liver and central nervous system, that would later be called

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.Staff
"Wilson, Samuel Alexander Kinnier" in ''Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences''
p. 769.

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, 2014. . Accessed December 27, 2016. "Wilson was born in Cedarville, New Jersey, USA, but his family moved to Edinburgh shortly after he was born."

References

{{Cumberland County, New Jersey Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey Census-designated places in Cumberland County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey