Gloucester City, New Jersey
Gloucester City, New Jersey City of Gloucester City Gloucester City highlighted in Camden County.
Inset: Location of Camden County in the State of New Jersey.
Gloucester City highlighted in Camden County.
Inset: Location of Camden County in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Gloucester City, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Gloucester City, New Jersey Gloucester City is a town/city in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's populace was 11,456, reflecting a diminish of 28 (-0.2%) from the 11,484 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 1,165 (-9.2%) from the 12,649 counted in the 1990 Census. It is positioned directly athwart the Delaware River from Philadelphia and the Port of Philadelphia.
Gloucester City was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 25, 1868, from the remaining portions of Union Township, which was then dissolved.
Gloucester City is known for its Irish American population, which was ninth-highest in the United States by percentage in the 2000 Census. Gloucester City also borders Westville in Gloucester County and the town/city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, athwart the Delaware River. As of the 2000 Census, 34.2% of Gloucester City inhabitants were of Irish ancestry, the ninth-highest percentage of any municipality in the United States, and third-highest in New Jersey, among all places with more than 1,000 inhabitants identifying their ancestry. Gloucester City is governed under the City form of New Jersey municipal government.
Gloucester City is positioned in the 1st Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district. 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).
Billingham, and Surrogate Patricia Egan Jones. The Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey with the advice and consent of the New Jersey Senate (the upper home of the New Jersey Legislature). Billingham, a resident of Gloucester City who had previously served as the city's mayor. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 65.6% of the vote (2,624 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 32.6% (1,303 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (72 votes), among the 4,058 ballots cast by the city's 7,177 registered voters (59 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 56.5%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 59.2% of the vote here (2,611 cast), ahead of Republican John Mc - Cain, who received around 37.0% (1,631 votes), with 4,411 ballots cast among the city's 6,711 registered voters, for a turnout of 65.7%. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 58.9% of the vote here (2,698 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W.
The precinct is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the oversight of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Students from Brooklawn attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. As of the 2014-15 school year, the precinct and its three schools had an enrollment of 2,064 students and 198.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 10.4:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Cold Springs Elementary School (888 students in grades Pre - K-3), Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School (387; 4-6) and Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School (789; 7-12). As of May 2010, the town/city had a total of 39.97 miles (64.33 km) of roadways, of which 29.52 miles (47.51 km) were maintained by the municipality, 7.10 miles (11.43 km) by Camden County, 2.63 miles (4.23 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.72 miles (1.16 km) by the Delaware River Port Authority. Interstate 76 travels through Gloucester City, passes into Camden and re-enters the town/city where it reaches its northern terminus. See also: Category:People from Gloucester City, New Jersey.
A watercolor version is homed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, while an petroleum on canvas version is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, just athwart the Delaware River from Gloucester City. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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A resident of Gloucester City with his wife Marion and their two sons, Chuckie and Michael, Sheriff Billingham's commitment to the people of Camden County is governed by his concern for family and community." Voter Registration Summary - Camden, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011.
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Mary School in Gloucester City at the end of this school year, but members of the school improve said they would not give up without a fight....
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"The death of Eliza Leslie, the authoress, is announced as having taken place at Gloucester City, New Jersey, where she latterly had resided." "But Gloucester City, another New Jersey town, about an 80-mile drive northwest of Wildwood, wants to cut in right there.
Richards and other Comets plan to headline a show in Gloucester City, in Camden County along the Delaware River, to memorialize an 18-month span in the early 1950s when Mr.
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Gloucester City, New Jersey - 1868 establishments in New Jersey - Cities in Camden County, New Jersey - City form of New Jersey government - Irish-American neighborhoods - New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones - Populated places established in 1868
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