Carneys Point Township, New Jersey Carneys Point Township, New Jersey Carneys Point Township highlighted in Salem County.

Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.

Carneys Point Township highlighted in Salem County.

Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.

Enumeration Bureau map of Carneys Point Township, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Carneys Point Township, New Jersey Carneys Point Township is a township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's populace was 8,049, reflecting an increase of 365 (+4.8%) from the 7,684 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 759 (-9.0%) from the 8,443 counted in the 1990 Census. Upper Penns Neck Township was formed on July 10, 1721, when Penn's Neck Township was subdivided and Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville Township) was also formed.

The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Oldmans Township (February 7, 1881) and Penns Grove borough (March 8, 1894). The township was retitled Carneys Point Township based on the results of a Township meeting held on November 10, 1976, after voters allowed a popular vote held eight days earlier. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the township had a total region of 17.739 square miles (45.944 km2), including 16.864 square miles (43.678 km2) of territory and 0.875 square miles (2.266 km2) of water (4.93%). The Salem River flows along a portion of the township's southern boundary. Carneys Point CDP (with a 2010 Enumeration population of 7,382) is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) positioned inside Carneys Point Township. The township borders the Salem County municipalities of Mannington Township, Pennsville Township, Oldmans Township, Penns Grove and Pilesgrove Township.

Carneys Point Township is governed under the Township form of government.

The five-member Township Committee is propel directly by the voters at-large 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. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.

Carneys Point Township is positioned in the 2nd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district. New Jersey's Second Congressional District is represented by Frank Lo - Biondo (R, Ventnor City). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019). Burzichelli (D, Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D, Woolwich Township). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Most students in grades 9 to 12 from Oldmans Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. As of May 2010, the township had a total of 78.17 miles (125.80 km) of roadways, of which 35.61 miles (57.31 km) were maintained by the municipality, 20.50 miles (32.99 km) by Salem County and 17.37 miles (27.95 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 4.69 miles (7.55 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Interstate 295 passes through and two exits are inside the township: Exits 2 and 4. The New Jersey Turnpike also travels through and homes Interchange 1 and its high-speed toll gate featuring E-ZPass Express Lanes, and a "lighthouse" to mark the gateway of New Jersey. The Delaware Memorial Bridge is outside the township in neighboring Pennsville.

See also: Category:People from Carneys Point Township, New Jersey.

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