Mansfield Township is a

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in Burlington County, in the

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. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,897, an increase of 353 (+4.1%) from the 2010 census count of 8,544, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,454 (+67.9%) from the 5,090 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the

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- Camden combined statistical area and the

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History

Before European settlement, the land that would become Mansfield Township was occupied by the

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Native Americans. Mansfield was first formed on November 6, 1688, and reformed by

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on May 9, 1770. Mansfield was incorporated by an act of the

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on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Fieldsboro (March 7, 1850, within township; became fully independent c. 1894), Bordentown Township (March 8, 1852) and Florence Township (March 7, 1872).Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 96. Accessed May 30, 2024. The township was named for

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, England.

Geography

According to the

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, the township had a total area of 21.89 square miles (56.69 km²), including 21.73 square miles (56.29 km²) of land and 0.16 square miles (0.40 km²) of water (0.71%). The township borders the Burlington County municipalities of Bordentown Township (to the north and northeast), Chesterfield Township (northeast), Florence Township (southwest) and Springfield Township (south).

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, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bishops Barn, Columbus (where the town hall is located), Georgetown, Hedding, Kinkora, Mansfield, Rising Sun Square (also known as Mansfield Square) and Three Tuns. Homestead, a retirement village, consists of 1,200 homes in Columbus. Liberty Lake is a freshwater spring-fed lake, that allows boating, swimming and fishing.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 8,544 people, 3,401 households, and 2,452 families in the township. The

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was . There were 3,529 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 79.04% (6,753)

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, 10.42% (890) Black or African American, 0.16% (14) Native American, 7.69% (657) Asian, 0.06% (5)

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, 0.62% (53) from other races, and 2.01% (172) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.01% (428) of the population. Of the 3,401 households, 25.6% had children under the age of 18; 63.5% were married couples living together; 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.9% were non-families. Of all households, 24.8% were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.01. 20.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 18.3% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 27.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.0 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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was $74,671 (with a margin of error of +/− $7,953) and the median family income was $97,774 (+/− $17,454). Males had a median income of $62,215 (+/− $5,997) versus $57,917 (+/− $10,212) for females. The

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for the borough was $38,899 (+/− $4,224). About 2.5% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the

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, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 5,090 people, 2,077 households, and 1,561 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 2,122 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 95.42%

, 1.91%

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, 0.18% Native American, 1.49% Asian, 0.04%

, 0.22% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.83% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Mansfield township, Burlington County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed August 22, 2013.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Mansfield township, Burlington County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed August 22, 2013. There were 2,077 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.4% were

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living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.86. In the township the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 31.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $50,757, and the median income for a family was $59,040. Males had a median income of $45,560 versus $40,968 for females. The

for the township was $26,559. About 2.9% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the

, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Mansfield Township is governed under the

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form of government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The Township Committee is comprised of five members who are elected directly by the voters

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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 as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 103. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor. Legislative and executive powers of the township are exercised by the Township Committee as a whole, with the mayor presiding over meetings and voting as a member of the committee. , members of the Mansfield Township Committee are

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Marcial Mojena ( R, term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2024), Deputy Mayor Brian Sisz (R, 2024), Tim Boyd (R, 2025), Valerie Jennings (R, 2026), and Kelly Stobie (R, 2026).Township Directory
Mansfield Township. Accessed June 13, 2024. "The Township Committee is the governing body established by State law for the Township form of government. Mansfield has five members who are elected to serve as Township Committee members. The terms of the members are for three years staggered terms, so that at least one member is up for election every year. One member is chosen annually to serve as Mayor."November 8, 2022 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results

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, updated November 29, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.November 2, 2021 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results

, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.November 3, 2020 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results

, updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.

Local elections

In 2020, independent candidates Dan Golenda and Bob Tallon ran a successful write-in campaign against incumbent Republicans Janice DiGiuseppe and her running mate Efthimios "Paul" Tsiknakis, winning 4,812 total votes versus 4,262. This was in response to a public outcry of Mansfield losing an affordable housing litigation suit, and the then-committee voting several actively-farmed parcels as "redevelopment" to cover financial issues in the township, which started a warehousing boom in the community. The following year 2021, Marcial Mojena (R) and Paul 'Brian' Sisz (R) ran a similarly successful "No More Warehouses" campaign. In 2022, the committee adopted an ordinance to remove warehousing as a permitted use in all zones of the township, until the impact from the currently approved warehouses in the township could be evaluated. Janice A. DiGiuseppe resigned in August 2015, citing personal reasons for leaving office after five years. The following month, the council selected Laverne Cholewa from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the vacancy. In November 2015, Cholewa was elected to serve the two years remaining on the term of office previously held by DiGiuseppe.November 3, 2015 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results / Recounts Appended

, November 25, 2015. Accessed June 20, 2016. In 2023, Republicans Valerie Jennings and Kelly Stobie were elected, returning the Township Committee to 5-0 Republican control.

2013 revaluation issues

After a property revaluation was completed in 2013 and based on changes in tax levies by the municipality and the local school districts, the property tax rate increased by almost 50%, from $2.01 per $100 in assessed value in 2012 to $2.93 in 2013. A group of residents has complained to the New Jersey Division of Taxation, claiming that home values had been calculated incorrectly and arbitrarily, showing data that a sample of smaller homes saw taxes drop 8% while taxes on larger homes increased by 10%. The Mansfield Township tax assessor denied the claims and responded that the revaluation complied with all state legal requirements.

Federal, state and county representation

Mansfield 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 8th 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.

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 6,195 registered voters in Mansfield Township, of which 1,838 (29.7% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,957 (31.6% vs. 23.9%) were registered as

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and 2,396 (38.7% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as

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or Greens.Voter Registration Summary - Burlington

Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 25, 2014. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 72.5% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 91.3% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide). In the

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, Democrat

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received 2,499 votes here (49.6% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 2,447 votes (48.6% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 43 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 5,037 ballots cast by the township's 6,411 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.6% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,612 votes here (50.2% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 2,500 votes (48.0% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 56 votes (1.1% vs. 1.0%), among the 5,206 ballots cast by the township's 6,277 registered voters, for a turnout of 82.9% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Republican

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received 2,494 votes here (57.0% vs. 46.0% countywide), ahead of Democrat

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with 2,237 votes (51.1% vs. 52.9%) and other candidates with 38 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 4,379 ballots cast by the township's 5,822 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.2% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 2,254 votes here (68.1% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat

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with 974 votes (29.4% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 28 votes (0.8% vs. 1.2%), among the 3,312 ballots cast by the township's 6,427 registered voters, yielding a 51.5% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,986 votes here (53.3% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat

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with 1,485 votes (39.9% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 149 votes (4.0% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 86 votes (2.3% vs. 1.2%), among the 3,724 ballots cast by the township's 6,263 registered voters, yielding a 59.5% turnout vs. 44.9% for the county.

Education

Students in public school for

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through

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attend the Mansfield Public Schools. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 514 students and 56.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9.1:1.District information for Mansfield Township School District

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

) are John Hydock Elementary School with 232 students in grades K-2 and Mansfield Township Elementary School with 279 students in grades 3-6. Children in public school for seventh through

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s attend the schools of the Northern Burlington County Regional School District, which also serves students from Chesterfield Township, North Hanover Township and Springfield Township, along with children of military personnel based at

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. The schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

) are Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School with 723 students in grades 7-8, and Northern Burlington County Regional High School with 1,441 students in grades 9-12. Both schools are in the Columbus section of Mansfield Township. Using a formula that reflects the population and the value of the assessed property in each of the constituent municipalities, taxpayers in Mansfield Township pay 46.5% of the district's tax levy, with the district's 2013–2014 budget including $35.6 million in spending. The 7–12 district's

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has nine members, who are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. The nine seats on the Board of Education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with two seats assigned to Mansfield Township. Students from Mansfield 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.

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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and by the

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. Mansfield is the location where

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(I-95) joins the

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at Interchange 6. I-95 stretches for through the township, connecting Florence Township in the west (via the turnpike's Pennsylvania Extension) to Bordentown Township on the township's northern border (via the mainline turnpike). The mainline of the turnpike continues south from its junction with I-95 into Springfield Township. Local access to Mansfield is via interchanges with U.S. Route 206 in neighboring Bordentown Township and with

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in neighboring Florence Township. Interstate 295 also passes through Mansfield, with one interchange, Exit 52, located within the township. Route 68 and County Route 543 also pass through Mansfield.

Public transportation

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provides bus service in the township between Trenton and

on the 409 route.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mansfield Township include: * Rosey Brown (1932–2004),

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who played in the NFL for the

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and was inducted into the

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(1752–1853),

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soldier, who served with the

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of the

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during the

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* Willie Drewrey (born 1963),

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who played for nine seasons in the NFL for the

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and

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* Cedric Jackson (born 1986), professional basketball player for the

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, and

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to steamboat navigation, becoming the namesake of

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(1739–1799), colonel in the

during the

who fought at the Battle of Springfield * Eddie Smith (1913–1994),

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who played for 10 seasons in

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and gave up the first hit in

Joe DiMaggio Joseph Paul DiMaggio (; born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, ; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career ...

's 56-game hitting streakJensen, Chris
''Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites''

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, 2012. . Accessed November 26, 2013. "Eddie Smith (Mansfield) of the White Sox gave up the first hit to Joe DiMaggio when he started his 56-game hitting streak on May 15, 1941."

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Mansfield Township websiteMansfield Public Schools
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Data for the Mansfield Public Schools

Northern Burlington County Regional School District
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Data for the Northern Burlington County Regional School District

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