Florence-Roebling is an

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and former

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(CDP) located within Florence Township, in Burlington County,

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, United States, that existed up to and including the 2000 United States census.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

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, p. III-3, August 2012. Accessed June 17, 2013. "Burlington County — Annexations from MCDs: Medford Lakes borough from Medford township; New CDPs: Florence (formed from part of deleted Florence-Roebling CDP), Juliustown (formed from part of Fort Dix CDP and additional area), and Roebling (formed from part of deleted Florence-Roebling CDP); Deleted CDPs: Florence-Roebling (split to form Florence and Roebling CDPs)" As of the 2000 Census, the CDP's population was 8,200. With the 2010 United States census, the CDP was split into its components, with the creation of separate CDPs for Florence CDP (with a 2010 Census population of 4,426DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Florence CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed June 17, 2013.) and

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(3,715).

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of . of land and of water (15.91%).

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States Census there were 8,200 people, 3,220 households, and 2,170 families residing in the CDP. The

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was . There were 3,439 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.07%

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, 10.54%

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, 0.09% Native American, 2.09% Asian, 0.01%

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, 0.61% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.04% of the population. There were 3,220 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were

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living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.10. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,192, and the median income for a family was $61,135. Males had a median income of $42,985 versus $30,493 for females. The

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for the CDP was $22,074. About 5.7% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the

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, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

The

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offers service to Camden and

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, with stations in

at Hornberger Avenue and

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Roebling Steel Mill

Roebling was founded by Charles Roebling, son of John A. Roebling. John A. Roebling & Sons company built and provided the steel for the

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, the

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, as well as numerous other bridges including one over

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.Blackwell, Jon
"1905: Model of a company town"
''

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''. Accessed July 21, 2016. The steel mill was also responsible for the production of the elevator cables for the

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, the

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and the

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John A. Roebling & Sons company made the wire for the original

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as well.

References

External links

"Village" of Roebling
{{Burlington County, New Jersey Census-designated places in Burlington County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Florence Township, New Jersey