Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill, New Jersey Township of Cherry Hill Official seal of Cherry Hill, New Jersey Location of Cherry Hill in Camden County.
Location of Cherry Hill in Camden County.
Enumeration Bureau map of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Renamed November 7, 1961, to Cherry Hill Township Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a populace of 71,045, reflecting an increase of 1,080 (+1.5%) from the 69,965 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 617 (+0.9%) from the 69,348 counted in the 1990 Census. As of 2010, the township was the state's 15th most-populous municipality and the second-largest in Camden County (behind the town/city of Camden, the county seat), after having been the state's 13th most-populous municipality as of the 2000 Census. The region now known as Cherry Hill was originally settled by the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans who had their territory taken from them by the first pioneer from England, namely Quaker followers of William Penn who appeared in the late 17th century. The first settlement was a small cluster of homes titled Colestown, in the perimeters of what is now the Colestown Cemetery on the corner of Route 41 (King's Highway) and Church Road.
The municipality was established on February 25, 1844, in Gloucester County as Delaware Township from half of the region of Waterford Township, and became part of Camden County at its creation some two weeks later on March 13, 1844. Portions of the township were taken to form Stockton Township (February 23, 1859) and Merchantville (March 3, 1874). At its territorial peak, Delaware Township encompassed all of modern-day Cherry Hill Township, as well as the neighborhood of North Camden and the municipalities Merchantville and Pennsauken (including Petty's Island in the Delaware River).
Cherry Hill was a 19th-century farm on Kaighn Avenue ([New Jersey Route 38|Route 38]]), owned by Abraham Browning.
The farm property later became the Cherry Hill Inn (now a movie theater complex), as well as an office ground (now a shopping center with big-box retailers), and today's Cherry Hill Towers and Cherry Hill Estates housing developments. Adding to the prevalence of the Cherry Hill name, developer Eugene Mori branded a several properties using the name, including the Cherry Hill Inn and Cherry Hill Lodge hotels, Cherry Hill Apartments, and Cherry Hill Estates. Cherry Hill Shopping Center (now known as Cherry Hill Mall) opened in 1961 opposite the old Cherry Hill Farm site, featuring 75 stores inside a single enclosed space. When the township sought a new postal service, another New Jersey municipality in Hunterdon County was using the name Delaware Township.
Delaware Township mayors Christian Weber and John Gilmour pursued enhance write-in campaigns to select possible titles, and chose Cherry Hill from suggestions that encompassed Chapel Hill, Cherry Valley and Delaware City. The name "Cherry Hill" was chosen by the township's people in a non-binding popular vote in 1961, and was officially adopted November 7, 1961. Ashland (2010 populace of 8,302), Barclay (4,428), Cherry Hill Mall (14,171), Ellisburg (4,413), Golden Triangle (4,145), Greentree (11,367), Kingston Estates (5,685) and Springdale (14,518) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) positioned inside the township. The creek separates Cherry Hill from the communities of Maple Shade Township, Evesham Township (and its Marlton neighborhood), and Mount Laurel Township.
To the north, Cherry Hill borders Merchantville Borough and Pennsauken Township, while Voorhees Township shares its southern border along County Route 544 (Evesham Road).
The Asian-American populace in Cherry Hill is experiencing especially rapid growth, increasing 19.5% from 8,304 at the 2010 Census, to an estimated 9,927 as stated to the 2013 American Community Survey, decidedly out-of-proportion to the 1.0% expansion in the overall populace of the township over the same period.
One Cherry Hill is the tallest office building in Cherry Hill. Cherry Hill is an edge town/city inside a half-hour commute to Philadelphia or Camden, and inside an hour to Trenton or Princeton, New Jersey.
Cherry Hill Mall, a principal shopping center in the Philadelphia urbane area, was the first enclosed shopping mall in the easterly United States, opening in October 1961. "Cherry Hill Park", a 1969 hit song by Billy Joe Royal, takes its title from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Royal came up with the title after a friend mentioned seeing Cherry Hill on a visit to Philadelphia. The song appears on a 1969 album also titled Cherry Hill Park.
There are, in fact, no White Castle locations in Cherry Hill, nor does the movie's representation of Cherry Hill accurately reflect the dense, suburban nature of the town or its adjacency to Philadelphia.
Cherry Hill was the home of four of the five members of the Fort Dix 5, who were convicted in federal court in Camden on December 22, 2008 on a plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix.
In 1973 1974, the Cherry Hill Arena hosted a WHA hockey team, the New Jersey Knights, and from 1964 to 1971, an Eastern Hockey League team, the Jersey Devils (unrelated to the present NHL New Jersey Devils). Cherry Hill has 51 enhance parks, plus three parks owned by Camden County.
It was formed into the Cherry Hill Arts Center in 1995, which serves the improve for art classes, seminars, and concerts produced by the Cherry Hill Recreation Department. The avenue of cherry blossoms was conceived by a group of inhabitants who wanted to unify the townspeople of Cherry Hill to participate in a community-wide celebration of the diverse improve of Cherry Hill.
This accomplishment started in 1972 and cherry trees are still being planted every year by the Cherry Hill Fire Department and improve volunteers. The Cherry Hill Police Department (CHPD) is the third-largest police department in the tri-county area, employing more than 130 sworn officers as well as 21 civilians.
The Cherry Hill Fire Department is a longterm position department consisting of four engines (1 engine, 2 Squrts, 1 Squad Company), two ladders, one rescue unit, one technical rescue unit, one haz-mat unit, one foam tender, and other specialized equipment, as well as 5 EMS units.
It also has two volunteer units, including the Cherry Hill Fire Police Unit and the Special Services Unit ("Rehab 13"), which provides on scene support for the Cherry Hill Fire Department as well as throughout South Jersey. The Fire Chief is Thomas Kolbe. Fire stations in Cherry Hill are: The Jack Schweiker Composite Squadron, positioned at the Cherry Hill Army National Guard Armory is the Cherry Hill component of the Civil Air Patrol, a Congressionally chartered, federally supported, non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
The Cherry Hill Public Library is an agency of the Township's municipal government.
At 72,000 square feet (6,700 m2), Cherry Hill's library is among the biggest municipal libraries in New Jersey.
Cherry Hill is positioned in the 1st Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 6th state legislative district. Prior to the 2010 Census, Cherry Hill had been part of the 3rd Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections. New Jersey's First Congressional District is represented by Donald Norcross (D, Camden). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
The Cherry Hill Public Schools operates 19 schools including an early childhood center, 12 elementary schools, three middle schools, two traditional high schools, and an alternative high school.
Cherry Hill is the 12th-largest school precinct in the state of New Jersey and one of the biggest suburban districts. The precinct has grown by about 2,000 students since the late 1990s, and employs 1,400 (about 1,000 teachers plus administration and staff).
Carusi Middle School (6 8; 863), Rosa International Middle School (6 8; 828), Cherry Hill High School East (9 12; 2,113), Cherry Hill High School West (9 12; 1,462) and Cherry Hill Alternative High School (9 12; 39).
Department of Education. Three of the district's schools have been titled as "Star Schools" by the New Jersey Department of Education: Cherry Hill High School East (1999 2000), Thomas Paine Elementary School (2002 03) and Clara Barton Elementary School (2003 04). The precinct has five Best Practices Award Winners.
SAT scores far exceed state and nationwide averages, with Cherry Hill High School East's average SAT score of 1668, ranking 41st in the state, and West's 1,529 average ranking 124th in New Jersey, out of 349 schools with students taking the test that year. In 2013, the graduation rate was 95% for East and 89% for West. Newsweek titled Cherry Hill High School East 85th overall among the nearly 30,000 enhance high schools in the U.S.
Cherry Hill's school precinct offered the International Baccalaureate certificate and diploma program at Cherry Hill West beginning in 2001, but phased it out at the conclusion of the 2007 08 school year.
As of May 2010, the township had a total of 309.36 miles (497.87 km) of roadways, of which 246.81 miles (397.20 km) were maintained by the municipality, 40.41 miles (65.03 km) by Camden County and 17.91 miles (28.82 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 4.23 miles (6.81 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The New Jersey Turnpike passes through Cherry Hill Township.
NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line, traveling on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line route, stops at the Cherry Hill station, positioned on the west side of the tracks between the Garden State Pavilion shopping center and the newer evolution on the grounds of the former Garden State Racetrack. The Woodcrest station of the PATCO Speedline is positioned in Cherry Hill, offering service between Lindenwold and 15 16th & Locust station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Main articles: List of citizens from Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Category:People from Cherry Hill, New Jersey In 2006, Cherry Hill was titled among the 'Best Places to Live' in the United States by Money periodical and was ranked eighth safest place to live in the same survey. Cherry Hill was also titled among the "Best Places to Live" in the Philadelphia region for 2006 by Philadelphia periodical (see periodical print edition, October 2006).
"Cherry Hill has a new logo A modern, cherry graphic and the tag line "You couldn't pick a better place" will be the new motif of Cherry Hill.
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"n example of Joel Garreau's edge city, Cherry Hill has county-wide mall and office complexes that have helped this suburban region to attract more central-place functions than Camden, the close-by old-core city." History of the Farmstead, Cherry Hill Township.
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"Our coffee roastery is positioned in Cherry Hill, New Jersey." Now 50, the Cherry Hill Mall was once the grandest of its kind.", New Jersey Monthly, August 15, 2011.
"The Cherry Hill Mall, which turns 50 on October 11, was the first enclosed, air-conditioned shopping center in the Northeast.
"During an investigation of a series of child abductions and murders in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the BAU concludes the possibility that the last murder may not be the work of the suspect who had been apprehended." Cherry Hill Arena, Ballparks.com.
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"Devereaux said Cherry Hill, the state's 12th biggest school district, had 4.3 percent of students receiving no-charge or reduced lunches in 2,000.
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