Back Harrison Township, New Jersey Welsh Municipio de Harrison (Nueva Jersey) Spanish Гаррісон Тауншип (Нью-Джерсі) Ukrainian ہیریسن ٹاؤن شپ، نیو جرسی Urdu 哈里森鎮區 (新澤西州) Chinese
Harrison Township, New Jersey | |
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 Friends Meetinghouse in Mullica Hill, New Jersey | |
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 Location of Harrison Township in Gloucester County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey highlighted in red (left). | |
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  Harrison Township Location in Gloucester County  Harrison Township Location in New Jersey  Harrison Township Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°43′36″N 75°12′20″W / 39.726722°N 75.20553°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County |  Gloucester |
| Incorporated | March 13, 1844 as Spicer Township |
| Renamed | April 1, 1845 as Harrison Township |
| Named for | William Henry Harrison |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Adam Wingate (I, term ends December 31, 2025)[3] |
| • Administrator | Dennis Chambers[4] |
| • Municipal clerk | Julie Cundey[5] |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.02 sq mi (49.25 km2) |
| • Land | 18.93 sq mi (49.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.22 km2) 0.44% |
| • Rank | 148th of 565 in state 7th of 24 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,641 |
| 13,806 | |
| • Rank | 189th of 565 in state 8th of 24 in county[11] |
| • Density | 720.5/sq mi (278.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 417th of 565 in state 18th of 24 in county[11] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | |
| Area code | 856[14] |
| FIPS code | 3401530180[1][15][16] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882146[1][17] |
| Website | www |
Harrison Township is a township in Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 13,641,[8][9] an increase of 1,224 (+9.9%) from the 2010 census count of 12,417,[18][19] which in turn reflected an increase of 3,629 (+41.3%) from the 8,788 counted in the 2000 census.[20]
Harrison Township was originally formed as Spicer Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 13, 1844, from portions of Greenwich Township and Woolwich Township. That name lasted for less than a year, with Harrison Township adopted as of April 1, 1845.[21] The township was named for President William Henry Harrison.[22][23] Mullica Hill is the historical center of the Township.[24]
From Prohibition until 2018, Harrison Township had been a dry township, where alcohol could not be sold.[25][26] The township's voters passed a referendum in 2009 permitting alcohol by consumption in restaurants. A second referendum was passed by the voters in 2015 allowing sales of packaged alcoholic goods in liquor stores. The first liquor store opened in November 2018 and the first bar opened in July 2019.[27]
- ^ a b c d e 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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- ^ Municipal Clerk's Office, Harrison Township. Accessed January 24, 2025.
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DataBookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Harrison, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.
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PopEstwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Mullica Hill, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed July 26, 2012.
- ^ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed September 11, 2013.
- ^ Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Mullica Hill, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 11, 2013.
- ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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- ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 139. Accessed May 28, 2024.
- ^ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.
- ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 150. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed August 31, 2015.
- ^ Richardson, Herbert, ed. (1978). Harrison Township: An Interpretive Study of its Landscape, History, and Architecture. Glassboro, New Jersey: Department of Geography and History, Glassboro Community College.
- ^ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. New Jersey ABC list of dry towns (May 1, 2013)
- ^ Giordano, Rita. "More towns catching liquor-license buzz; Moorestown considers ending its dry spell", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 2007. Accessed February 16, 2014.
- ^ Batal, Caytlinn, "Developments to drink: Restaurants and liquor store to be first in Mullica Hill since prohibition", The Mullica Hill Sun, August 11, 2017. "Although many residents may say Mullica Hill is a dry town, Mayor Louis Manzo said, the area has not been dry since 2009 when a referendum was passed approving strictly the consumption of liquor, such as restaurants, exclusively in the Richwood Town Center redevelopment area, located near the intersection of Route 322 and Route 55.... The project was on hold until around 2013, Manzo said, and it was then the township auctioned off the first four licenses to the Richwood Town Center developer Madison Marquette, for $500,000 each. Within two years, a separate stand-alone ballot was passed in 2015 allowing two distribution liquor licenses based on Harrison Township’s population."