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Delanco Township, New Jersey

Delanco Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,824, an increase of 541 (+12.6%) from the 2010 census count of 4,283, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,046 (+32.3%) from the 3,237 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

Delanco was named for the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek, which border the community. It was originally called Del-Ranco or Delaranco, a syllabic abbreviation later shortened to Delanco.

It is a dry township where alcohol cannot be sold.

History
What is now Delanco Township was originally incorporated as Beverly Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1859, within Willingboro Township. Delanco was a geographical place name by 1868, and probably earlier. At its creation, Beverly Township included Beverly city, which separated as an independent municipality c. 1877. Portions of the township were taken to create Edgewater Park on February 26, 1924. The township's name was changed to Delanco Township as of December 20, 1926, based on the results of a referendum held on November 2, 1926.

In April 1861, the Sixth Massachusetts Militia passed through Delanco, on their way to Washington to defend the federal capital. According to the report of Colonel Edward F. Jones during their travel, James Brady was "taken insane" and left in Delanco Township with J. C. Buck. When the regiment arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, it was attacked during the Baltimore riot of 1861.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 3.33 square miles (8.62 km2), including 2.36 square miles (6.11 km2) of land and 0.97 square miles (2.52 km2) of water (29.19%).

The township borders the municipalities of Beverly, Delran Township, Edgewater Park Township, Riverside Township, Willingboro Township in Burlington County; and also borders Bensalem Township and the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 4,283 people, 1,755 households, and 1,241 families in the township. The population density was 1817.9 /sqmi. There were 1,853 housing units at an average density of 786.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 82.79% (3,546) White, 10.97% (470) Black or African American, 0.47% (20) Native American, 1.87% (80) Asian, 0.12% (5) Pacific Islander, 0.93% (40) from other races, and 2.85% (122) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.55% (152) of the population.

Of the 1,755 households, 26.2% had children under the age of 18; 52.0% were married couples living together; 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.3% were non-families. Of all households, 23.2% were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.87.

19.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.3 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $77,357 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,985) and the median family income was $82,368 (+/− $9,070). Males had a median income of $56,333 (+/− $12,752) versus $46,625 (+/− $9,993) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $33,943 (+/− $4,082). About 1.5% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 3,237 people, 1,227 households, and 892 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,301.1 PD/sqmi. There were 1,285 housing units at an average density of 516.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 95.89% White, 1.92% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.40% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.

There were 1,227 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $50,106, and the median income for a family was $56,985. Males had a median income of $40,727 versus $28,144 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,096. About 6.8% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Delanco Township is governed under the Township form of government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form. The Township Committee is the township's governing body and is responsible for formulating policies, approving the annual budget and enacting ordinances and resolutions to provide a legislative framework. Voters approved a measure in 2000 that expanded the Township Committee from three to five members starting in 2002. The Township Committee is comprised of five members who are elected 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.

, members of the Delanco Township Committee are Mayor Matt Bartlett (R, term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2024), Deputy Mayor Carolyn Suess (R, term on committee ends 2025; term as deputy mayor ends 2024), Fernand C. Ouelette (D, 2026), Kate Fitzpatrick (R, 2025), and Mike Templeton (D, 2024).

Delanco's Chief of Police is Adam Tilger. Delanco Township's Administrator is Richard Schwab. The Township Clerk and Assistant Administrator is Janice Lohr.

Federal, state and county representation
Delanco Township is located in the 3rd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 2,927 registered voters in Delanco Township, of which 1,001 (34.2% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 703 (24.0% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 1,220 (41.7% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 68.3% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 85.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,406 votes here (59.2% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 933 votes (39.3% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 23 votes (1.0% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,375 ballots cast by the township's 3,153 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.3% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,374 votes here (57.7% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 967 votes (40.6% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 18 votes (0.8% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,382 ballots cast by the township's 2,894 registered voters, for a turnout of 82.3% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 1,097 votes here (54.7% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 881 votes (43.9% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 21 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 2,007 ballots cast by the township's 2,509 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.0% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 982 votes here (60.6% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 574 votes (35.4% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 24 votes (1.5% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,620 ballots cast by the township's 3,174 registered voters, yielding a 51.0% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 756 ballots cast (49.2% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 666 votes (43.3% vs. 47.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 78 votes (5.1% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 25 votes (1.6% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,537 ballots cast by the township's 2,973 registered voters, yielding a 51.7% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

Education
The Delanco Township School District serves public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 384 students and 27.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the New Jersey Department of Education ) are M. Joan Pearson Elementary School with 218 students in grades K-5 and Walnut Street Middle School with 140 students in grades 6-8.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Riverside High School in Riverside Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Riverside School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 428 students and 36.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.

Students from Delanco Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, 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. All costs associated with attending the school are paid by the home school district, which is also responsible for student transportation to and from the school.

Roads and highways
, the township had a total of 18.88 mi of roadways, of which 14.01 mi were maintained by the municipality, 4.61 mi by Burlington County and 0.26 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 130 is the main highway directly serving Delanco Township, forming the township's southeastern border with Willingboro Township. County Route 543 crosses the township close to the Delaware River. Both roads are oriented southwest to northeast parallel to the Delaware River, but are signed north–south.

Public transportation
The Delanco station is located on Rhawn Avenue providing access to the River Line light rail system, offering southbound service to Camden's Walter Rand Transportation Center (with transfers available to the PATCO Speedline to Philadelphia) and the Pennsauken Transit Center (with transfers available to NJ Transit trains to Philadelphia and Atlantic City) and northbound service to the Trenton Rail Station with connections to NJ Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor.

NJ Transit provides bus service in Delanco Township on the 419 route that runs between Camden and Burlington.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Delanco Township include:

 * Helen Corinne Bergen (1868–?), author, journalist and critic
 * Al Bunge (born 1937), former National Basketball Association first round pick (seventh pick overall) of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1960 NBA draft
 * Joe Burk (1914–2008), competitive oarsman and coach
 * Herb Conaway (born 1963), physician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998
 * Kenneth William Faulkner (born 1947), former member of the New Jersey General Assembly, who was a teacher, school administrator and basketball coach at Burlington Township High School
 * Thomas Fletcher (1787–1866), silversmith
 * Samuel C. Forker (1821–1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1871 to 1873
 * Albert McCay (1901–1969), served in the New Jersey Senate from 1952 to 1960

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Tevatron

The Tevatron was a circular particle accelerator (active until 2011) in the United States, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (called Fermilab), east of Batavia, Illinois, and was the highest energy particle collider until the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was built near Geneva, Switzerland. The Tevatron was a synchrotron that accelerated protons and antiprotons in a 6.28 km circumference ring to energies of up to 1 TeV, hence its name. The Tevatron was completed in 1983 at a cost of $120 million and significant upgrade investments were made during its active years of 1983–2011.

The main achievement of the Tevatron was the discovery in 1995 of the top quark—the last fundamental fermion predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. On July 2, 2012, scientists of the CDF and DØ collider experiment teams at Fermilab announced the findings from the analysis of around 500 trillion collisions produced from the Tevatron collider since 2001, and found that the existence of the suspected Higgs boson was highly likely with a confidence of 99.8%, later improved to over 99.9%.

The Tevatron ceased operations on 30 September 2011, due to budget cuts and because of the completion of the LHC, which began operations in early 2010 and is far more powerful (planned energies were two 7 TeV beams at the LHC compared to 1 TeV at the Tevatron). The main ring of the Tevatron will probably be reused in future experiments, and its components may be transferred to other particle accelerators.

History
December 1, 1968, saw the breaking of ground for the linear accelerator (linac). The construction of the Main Accelerator Enclosure began on October 3, 1969, when the first shovel of earth was turned by Robert R. Wilson, NAL's director. This would become the 6.3 km circumference Fermilab's Main Ring.

The linac first 200 MeV beam started on December 1, 1970. The booster first 8 GeV beam was produced on May 20, 1971. On June 30, 1971, a proton beam was guided for the first time through the entire National Accelerator Laboratory accelerator system including the Main Ring. The beam was accelerated to only 7 GeV. Back then, the Booster Accelerator took 200 MeV protons from the Linac and "boosted" their energy to 8 billion electron volts. They were then injected into the Main Accelerator.

On the same year before the completion of the Main Ring, Wilson testified to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy on March 9, 1971, that it was feasible to achieve a higher energy by using superconducting magnets. He also suggested that it could be done by using the same tunnel as the main ring and the new magnets would be installed in the same locations to be operated in parallel to the existing magnets of the Main Ring. That was the starting point of the Tevatron project. The Tevatron was in research and development phase between 1973 and 1979 while the acceleration at the Main Ring continued to be enhanced.

A series of milestones saw acceleration rise to 20 GeV on January 22, 1972, to 53 GeV on February 4 and to 100 GeV on February 11. On March 1, 1972, the then NAL accelerator system accelerated for the first time a beam of protons to its design energy of 200 GeV. By the end of 1973, NAL's accelerator system operated routinely at 300 GeV.

On 14 May 1976 Fermilab took its protons all the way to 500 GeV. This achievement provided the opportunity to introduce a new energy scale, the teraelectronvolt (TeV), equal to 1000 GeV. On 17 June of that year, the European Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator (SPS) had achieved an initial circulating proton beam (with no accelerating radio-frequency power) of only 400 GeV.

The conventional magnet Main Ring was shut down in 1981 for installation of superconducting magnets underneath it. The Main Ring continued to serve as an injector for the Tevatron until the Main Injector was completed west of the Main Ring in 2000. The 'Energy Doubler', as it was known then, produced its first accelerated beam—512 GeV—on July 3, 1983.

Its initial energy of 800 GeV was achieved on February 16, 1984. On October 21, 1986, acceleration at the Tevatron was pushed to 900 GeV, providing a first proton–antiproton collision at 1.8 TeV on November 30, 1986.

The Main Injector, which replaced the Main Ring, was the most substantial addition, built over six years from 1993 at a cost of $290 million. Tevatron collider Run II begun on March 1, 2001, after successful completion of that facility upgrade. From then, the beam had been capable of delivering an energy of 980 GeV.

On July 16, 2004, the Tevatron achieved a new peak luminosity, breaking the record previously held by the old European Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR) at CERN. That very Fermilab record was doubled on September 9, 2006, then a bit more than tripled on March 17, 2008, and ultimately multiplied by a factor of 4 over the previous 2004 record on April 16, 2010 (up to 4 cm−2 s−1).

The Tevatron ceased operations on 30 September 2011. By the end of 2011, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN had achieved a luminosity almost ten times higher than Tevatron's (at 3.65 cm−2 s−1) and a beam energy of 3.5 TeV each (doing so since March 18, 2010), already ~3.6 times the capabilities of the Tevatron (at 0.98 TeV).

Mechanics
The acceleration occurred in a number of stages. The first stage was the 750 keV Cockcroft–Walton pre-accelerator, which ionized hydrogen gas and accelerated the negative ions created using a positive voltage. The ions then passed into the 150 meter long linear accelerator (linac) which used oscillating electrical fields to accelerate the ions to 400 MeV. The ions then passed through a carbon foil, to remove the electrons, and the charged protons then moved into the Booster.

The Booster was a small circular synchrotron, around which the protons passed up to 20,000 times to attain an energy of around 8 GeV. From the Booster the particles were fed into the Main Injector, which had been completed in 1999 to perform a number of tasks. It could accelerate protons up to 150 GeV; produce 120 GeV protons for antiproton creation; increase antiproton energy to 150 GeV; and inject protons or antiprotons into the Tevatron. The antiprotons were created by the Antiproton Source. 120 GeV protons were collided with a nickel target producing a range of particles including antiprotons which could be collected and stored in the accumulator ring. The ring could then pass the antiprotons to the Main Injector.

The Tevatron could accelerate the particles from the Main Injector up to 980 GeV. The protons and antiprotons were accelerated in opposite directions, crossing paths in the CDF and DØ detectors to collide at 1.96 TeV. To hold the particles on track the Tevatron used 774 niobium–titanium superconducting dipole magnets cooled in liquid helium producing the field strength of 4.2 tesla. The field ramped over about 20 seconds as the particles accelerated. Another 240 NbTi quadrupole magnets were used to focus the beam.

The initial design luminosity of the Tevatron was 1030 cm−2 s−1, however, following upgrades, the accelerator had been able to deliver luminosities up to 4 cm−2 s−1.

On September 27, 1993, the cryogenic cooling system of the Tevatron Accelerator was named an International Historic Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The system, which provided cryogenic liquid helium to the Tevatron's superconducting magnets, was the largest low-temperature system in existence upon its completion in 1978. It kept the coils of the magnets, which bent and focused the particle beam, in a superconducting state, so that they consumed only ⅓ of the power they would have required at normal temperatures.

Discoveries
The Tevatron confirmed the existence of several subatomic particles that were predicted by theoretical particle physics, or gave suggestions to their existence. In 1995, the CDF experiment and DØ experiment collaborations announced the discovery of the top quark, and by 2007 they measured its mass (172 GeV) to a precision of nearly 1%. In 2006, the CDF collaboration reported the first measurement of Bs oscillations, and observation of two types of sigma baryons. In 2007, the DØ and CDF collaborations reported direct observation of the "Cascade B" Xi baryon.

In September 2008, the DØ collaboration reported detection of the, a "double strange" Omega baryon with the measured mass significantly higher than the quark model prediction. In May 2009 the CDF collaboration made public their results on search for  based on analysis of data sample roughly four times larger than the one used by DØ experiment. The mass measurements from the CDF experiment were $400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000$ and in excellent agreement with Standard Model predictions, and no signal has been observed at the previously reported value from the DØ experiment. The two inconsistent results from DØ and CDF differ by $6,054.4 MeV/c2$ or by 6.2 standard deviations. Due to excellent agreement between the mass measured by CDF and the theoretical expectation, it is a strong indication that the particle discovered by CDF is indeed the. It is anticipated that new data from LHC experiments will clarify the situation in the near future.

On July 2, 2012, two days before a scheduled announcement at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists at the Tevatron collider from the CDF and DØ collaborations announced their findings from the analysis of around 500 trillion collisions produced since 2001: They found that the existence of the Higgs boson was likely with a mass in the region of 115 to 135 GeV. The statistical significance of the observed signs was 2.9 sigma, which meant that there is only a 1-in-550 chance that a signal of that magnitude would have occurred if no particle in fact existed with those properties. The final analysis of data from the Tevatron did however not settle the question of whether the Higgs particle exists. Only when the scientists from the Large Hadron Collider announced the more precise LHC results on July 4, 2012, with a mass of 125.3 ± 0.4 GeV (CMS) or 126 ± 0.4 GeV (ATLAS) respectively, was there strong evidence through consistent measurements by the LHC and the Tevatron for the existence of a Higgs particle at that mass range.

Disruptions due to earthquakes
Even from thousands of miles away, earthquakes caused strong enough movements in the magnets to negatively affect the quality of particle beams and even disrupt them. Therefore, tiltmeters were installed on Tevatron's magnets to monitor minute movements and to help identify the cause of problems quickly. The first known earthquake to disrupt the beam was the 2002 Denali earthquake, with another collider shutdown caused by a moderate local quake on June 28, 2004. Since then, the minute seismic vibrations emanating from over 20 earthquakes were detected at the Tevatron without a shutdown including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake, New Zealand's 2007 Gisborne earthquake, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2010 Chile earthquake.

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Delran Township, New Jersey

Delran Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 17,882, an increase of 986 (+5.8%) from the 2010 census count of 16,896,  which in turn reflected an increase of 1,360 (+8.8%) from the 15,536 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

Delran Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 12, 1880, from portions of Cinnaminson Township. Portions of the township were taken to create Riverside Township on February 20, 1895.

The township's name is a portmanteau of the names of the two waterways that have their confluence here: the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 7.25 square miles (18.78 km2), including 6.63 square miles (17.17 km2) of land and 0.62 square miles (1.61 km2) of water (8.58%).

The township borders Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township, Moorestown Township, Riverside Township and Willingboro Township in Burlington County; and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River.

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bridgeboro, Cambridge, Chesterville, Fairview, Milltown and Riverside Park.

2020 census
The 2020 United States census counted 17,882 people, about 6,233 households and about 4,336 families. The population density was 2,697.1 per square mile (1041.4/km2). There were 6,763 housing units in the township. The racial makeup was 70.7% (12,639) White, 9.2% (1,646) Black or African American, 0.11% (19) Native American, 3.7% (658) Asian, 0.03% (5) Pacific Islander, 2.75% (492) from other races, and 7.14% (1,277) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.41% (1,146) of the population.

Of the 6,233 households, 28.8% had children under the age of 18; 50.8% were married couples living together; 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.4% were non-families. Of all households, 26.1% were made up of individuals living alone and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.19.

22.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 39.9% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, the population had 83.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 80.4 males.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 16,896 people, 6,148 households, and 4,636 families in the township. The population density was 2563.4 /sqmi. There were 6,442 housing units at an average density of 977.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 81.01% (13,688) White, 9.56% (1,616) Black or African American, 0.20% (33) Native American, 4.04% (683) Asian, 0.04% (7) Pacific Islander, 2.72% (459) from other races, and 2.43% (410) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.61% (779) of the population.

Of the 6,148 households, 36.1% had children under the age of 18; 59.5% were married couples living together; 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.6% were non-families. Of all households, 19.9% were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.18.

25.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 95.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.3 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $77,220 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,880) and the median family income was $90,487 (+/− $5,875). Males had a median income of $65,365 (+/− $3,756) versus $46,941 (+/− $4,681) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $34,191 (+/− $1,760). About 3.3% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 15,536 people, 5,816 households, and 4,327 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,339.6 PD/sqmi. There were 5,936 housing units at an average density of 893.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 82.87% White, 9.42% African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.80% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 1.63% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.25% of the population.

There were 5,816 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $58,526, and the median income for a family was $67,895. Males had a median income of $46,496 versus $31,024 for females. The per capita income for the township was $25,312. About 3.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Delran Township is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government (Plan D), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1972. The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council, all of whom are elected to staggered four-year terms on a partisan basis as part of the November general election in even-numbered years. The Township Council includes three members elected to represent wards and two elected at-large. Terms for the mayor and council are staggered, with the three ward seats up for vote together and the two at-large and mayoral seats expiring two years later. Beginning in 2010, elections for Mayor and Council were shifted from non-partisan to partisan.

, the Mayor of Delran Township, New Jersey is Democrat Gary Catrambone, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the Delran Township Council are Council President Tyler Burrell (at-large; 2024), Council Vice President Thomas A. Lyon (Ward 2; 2026), Nikki Apeadu (Ward 1; 2026), Lynn Jeney (at-large, 2024) and Marlowe Smith (Ward 3; 2026).

The township council appointed Marlowe Smith in January 2021 from the three nominees submitted by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Ward 3 seat expiring in December 2022 that became vacant after Michael Mormando resigned the previous month. Smith served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.

In February 2019, the Township Council selected Thomas Lyon from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Ward 2 seat expiring in December 2022 that was vacated by Dan O'Connell when he was selected to fill a vacant seat on the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders the previous month; Lyon served on an interim basis until the November 2019 general election, when he was elected to fill the remaining three years of the term of office.

Fire department
The Delran Fire Department has two volunteer fire stations in the township, Station No. 1 (founded in April 1916) and No. 2 (formed in 1928). The rescue operations are coordinated by supervisors, and carried out with equipped vehicles in the stations. The two stations originated in the early twentieth century, during the development of the township. The station has about 35 active members and an emergency response that responds to fire with more than 600 calls a year.

Federal, state and county representation
Delran Township is located in the 3rd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 10,192 registered voters in Delran Township, of which 3,551 (34.8% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,091 (20.5% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 4,546 (44.6% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 4 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 60.3% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 80.4% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 4,623 votes here (56.6% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 3,410 votes (41.8% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 70 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 8,162 ballots cast by the township's 10,687 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.4% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 4,766 votes here (57.1% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 3,452 votes (41.3% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 73 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 8,351 ballots cast by the township's 10,324 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.9% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 4,083 votes here (52.2% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 3,639 votes (46.6% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 61 votes (0.8% vs. 0.8%), among the 7,815 ballots cast by the township's 9,760 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.1% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,939 votes here (62.3% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 1,634 votes (34.6% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 65 votes (1.4% vs. 1.2%), among the 4,717 ballots cast by the township's 10,593 registered voters, yielding a 44.5% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,435 votes here (49.7% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 2,171 votes (44.3% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 201 votes (4.1% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 45 votes (0.9% vs. 1.2%), among the 4,898 ballots cast by the township's 10,422 registered voters, yielding a 47.0% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

Public schools
The Delran Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,970 students and 242.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Millbridge Elementary School with 653 students in grades Pre-K–2, Delran Intermediate School with 617 students in grades 3–5, Delran Middle School with 707 students in grades 6–8 and Delran High School with 938 students in grades 9–12.

Students from Delran Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, 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.

Private schools
Holy Cross Academy is an independent regional Roman Catholic high school founded in 1957 and is the only such school in Burlington County. With the start of the 2018–2019 school year, the school operates independent of the supervision and financial support of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton and leases the building from the Diocese.

Montessori Academy of New Jersey is a private school located in Delran Township, and is one of only three AMI-certified Montessori method schools in New Jersey. MANJ was founded in 1965 and educates students ages 18 months through 14 years old.

Roads and highways
, the township had a total of 61.20 mi of roadways, of which 52.35 mi were maintained by the municipality, 6.50 mi by Burlington County and 2.35 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 130 is the main highway serving Delran. County Route 543 also crosses the township.

Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service on the 409 and 417 route between Trenton and Philadelphia, and on the 419 route between Camden and Burlington.

BurLink bus service is offered on the B8 route (between the Riverside station and Hartford crossing / Delran) and the B10 route (between Cinnaminson station and Route 130 / Union Landing Road).

Although there is no station in the township, the NJ Transit River Line passenger rail runs through Delran along St. Mihiel Drive. Nearby stations in Riverside (accessible via the BurLink B8 route) and Cinnaminson (accessible via the BurLink B10 route) offer southbound service to Camden and the Walter Rand Transportation Center (with transfers available to the PATCO Speedline) and northbound service to the Trenton Rail Station with connections to NJ Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor.

Print
Delran is served by a handful of daily newspapers including the Burlington County Times, The Courier-Post, The Trenton Times, The Trentonian, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. Weeklies include The Delran Sun and the Newsweekly. South Jersey and Philadelphia Magazine are monthly, covering the entire metropolitan area.

Television
Delran is served by the Philadelphia market of stations of six major television networks, ABC (WPVI-TV, Ch. 6), CBS (KYW-TV, Ch. 3), NBC (WCAU, Ch. 10), PBS (WHYY-TV, Ch. 12), The CW (WPSG, Ch. 57), MyNetworkTV (WPHL-TV, Ch. 17) and Fox (WTXF-TV, Ch. 29), as well as several PBS and independent stations.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Delran Township include:

 * Raphael Bostic (born 1966), economist and academic, who became the 15th President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in June 2017
 * Jake Burbage (born 1992), actor who is best known for his role on Grounded for Life
 * Bill Duff (born 1974), former NFL, NFL Europe, and Arena Football defensive tackle who co-hosted The History Channel series Human Weapon
 * Tricia Fabbri, women's basketball head coach at Quinnipiac University
 * Donald Goerke (1926–2010), business executive and food developer, who invented SpaghettiOs while working for the Franco-American division of the Campbell Soup Company in 1965
 * Nate Hemsley (born 1974), former football linebacker who played in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers
 * Alex Lewis (born 1981), football linebacker with the Detroit Lions
 * Carli Lloyd (born 1982), Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012, FIFA World Player of the Year and world champion in 2015 and 2019 with the United States women's national soccer team
 * Todd Lowber (born 1982), former football wide receiver who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League
 * Heather Marter, participant in 2011's Las Vegas
 * Suzanne Muldowney (born 1952), performance artist known as "Underdog Lady"
 * MD Myers (born 2001), soccer player who plays as a striker for Charleston Battery in the USL Championship
 * Jeremy Rafanello (born 2000), soccer forward who plays for Bethlehem Steel in the United Soccer League
 * John Sacca (born 1971), former quarterback in the Arena Football League who played for the Connecticut Coyotes
 * Tony Sacca (born 1970), former NFL quarterback who played for the Phoenix Cardinals
 * Ernest F. Schuck (1929–2009), politician who served for seven years as mayor of Barrington, New Jersey and eight years in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1974 to 1982, where he represented the 5th Legislative District
 * Peter Vermes (born 1966), Head coach and technical director of Sporting KC who was a World Cup and MLS soccer veteran
 * Peter Wright (born 1972), swimmer in the 1500m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics

title: Delran Township, New Jersey


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Eastampton Township, New Jersey

Eastampton Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,191, an increase of 122 (+2.0%) from the 2010 census count of 6,069,  which in turn reflected a decline of 133 (−2.1%) from the 6,202 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

History
Eastampton Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 11, 1880, from portions of Westampton Township. Portions of both Lumberton Township and Southampton Township were annexed in 1882.

Eastampton is the location of Smithville, an industrial community created by Hezekiah Bradley Smith for his machine company, which produced the American Star Bicycle. It is now a county park.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 5.82 square miles (15.06 km2), including 5.73 square miles (14.84 km2) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.22 km2) of water (1.48%).

The township borders the Burlington County municipalities of Lumberton Township, Mount Holly Township, Pemberton Township, Southampton Township, Springfield Township and Westampton Township.

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Smithville and Turpentine.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 6,069 people, 2,281 households, and 1,640 families in the township. The population density was 1055.6 /sqmi. There were 2,380 housing units at an average density of 414.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 73.11% (4,437) White, 16.97% (1,030) Black or African American, 0.35% (21) Native American, 4.48% (272) Asian, 0.07% (4) Pacific Islander, 1.65% (100) from other races, and 3.38% (205) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.29% (503) of the population.

Of the 2,281 households, 33.5% had children under the age of 18; 54.8% were married couples living together; 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.1% were non-families. Of all households, 22.9% were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.15.

24.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.6 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $73,393 (with a margin of error of +/− $10,010) and the median family income was $91,375 (+/− $8,669). Males had a median income of $60,405 (+/− $4,400) versus $44,028 (+/− $8,940) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,065 (+/− $2,298). About 3.0% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 6,202 people, 2,226 households, and 1,638 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,077.9 PD/sqmi. There were 2,312 housing units at an average density of 401.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 78.25% White, 11.77% African American, 0.23% Native American, 5.42% Asian, 1.44% from other races, and 2.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.72% of the population.

There were 2,226 households, out of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 35.3% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $66,406, and the median income for a family was $71,765. Males had a median income of $46,486 versus $31,208 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,534. About 2.0% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Eastampton Township is governed the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Council-Manager system of municipal government (Plan E), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of January 1, 1983. The residents of Eastampton adopted the council–manager form of New Jersey municipal government based on a referendum passed in 1982. The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The Eastampton Township Council is comprised of five members elected at-large in partisan elections to staggered four-year terms of office, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even-numbered years as part of the November general election. The mayor and deputy mayor are selected by the council from among its members at a reorganization meeting held each year during the first week of January. The mayor coordinates the work of the council, chairs council meetings and is the township's public representative. The mayor also signs all contracts and obligations of the Township and is empowered to perform marriages.

, members of the Eastampton Township Council are Mayor Robert Apgar (D, term on council ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends December 31, 2023), Deputy Mayor Dominic F. Santillo (D, term on council ends 2026; term as deputy mayor ends 2023), Ricardo J. Rodriguez (D, 2026), Gerald "Jay" Springer (D, 2024) and Anthony Zeno (D, 2024).

Federal, state and county representation
Eastampton Township is located in the 3rd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 8th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 3,610 registered voters in Eastampton Township, of which 1,160 (32.1% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 772 (21.4% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 1,678 (46.5% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 59.5% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 78.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

n the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,651 votes (59.7% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,069 votes (38.6% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 29 votes (1.0% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,766 ballots cast by the township's 3,802 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.8% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,754 votes (58.8% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1,172 votes (39.3% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 36 votes (1.2% vs. 1.0%), among the 2,981 ballots cast by the township's 3,786 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.7% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 1,442 votes (52.6% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 1,269 votes (46.3% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 15 votes (0.5% vs. 0.8%), among the 2,741 ballots cast by the township's 3,458 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.3% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 945 votes (58.4% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 637 votes (39.4% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 16 votes (1.0% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,617 ballots cast by the township's 3,796 registered voters, yielding a 42.6% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 886 votes (48.2% vs. 47.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 818 votes (44.5% vs. 44.5%), Independent Chris Daggett with 99 votes (5.4% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 29 votes (1.6% vs. 1.2%), among the 1,840 ballots cast by the township's 3,760 registered voters, yielding a 48.9% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

Education
For kindergarten through eighth grade, public school students are served by the Eastampton Township School District at Eastampton Community School. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 561 students and 46.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a regional public high school serving students from five communities encompassing approximately 40 sqmi, including Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Westampton. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,069 students and 139.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The school is located in Mount Holly Township. The district's board of education is comprised of 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 as part of the November general election. Seats on the board are allocated based on the population of the five constituent municipalities, with one seat assigned to Eastampton.

Students from Eastampton Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, 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 Township.

Transportation
, the township had a total of 30.46 mi of roadways, of which 19.95 mi were maintained by the municipality, 9.43 mi by Burlington County and 1.08 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 206 is the most prominent highway serving Eastampton, running north–south along the township's border with Pemberton Township. County Route 537 also crosses the township with an east–west orientation.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Eastampton Township include:

 * Charles R. Chickering (1891–1970), freelance artist who designed 77 U.S. postage stamps while working at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
 * Hezekiah Bradley Smith (1816–1887), inventor and a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881

title: Eastampton Township, New Jersey


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Edgewater Park, New Jersey

Edgewater Park is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey and a northeastern Delaware Valley suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,930, an increase of 49 (+0.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,881,  which in turn reflected an increase of 1,017 (+12.9%) from the 7,864 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

Edgewater Park was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 26, 1924, from portions of Beverly Township (now known as Delanco Township). The township was named for its location along the Delaware River.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 3.08 square miles (7.97 km2), including 2.92 square miles (7.56 km2) of land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) of water (5.06%).

The township borders the municipalities of Beverly, Burlington Township, Delanco Township and Willingboro Township in Burlington County; and both Bensalem Township and Bristol Township in Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River.

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Capitol Hill, Perkins and Wallrope Works.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 8,881 people, 3,683 households, and 2,324 families in the township. The population density was 3068.8 /sqmi. There were 3,926 housing units at an average density of 1356.6 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 57.71% (5,125) White, 27.32% (2,426) Black or African American, 0.34% (30) Native American, 3.19% (283) Asian, 0.02% (2) Pacific Islander, 6.50% (577) from other races, and 4.93% (438) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.92% (970) of the population.

Of the 3,683 households, 24.5% had children under the age of 18; 42.8% were married couples living together; 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.9% were non-families. Of all households, 30.7% were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.00.

20.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.6 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $53,502 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,682) and the median family income was $68,572 (+/− $15,261). Males had a median income of $45,865 (+/− $6,080) versus $40,400 (+/− $9,192) for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,916 (+/− $2,025). About 9.7% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 7,864 people, 3,152 households, and 2,099 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,701.8 PD/sqmi. There were 3,301 housing units at an average density of 1,134.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 68.07% White, 21.40% African American, 0.17% Native American, 3.26% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.20% from other races, and 3.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.60% of the population.

As of the 2000 Census, 1.9% of residents identified themselves as being of Turkish American ancestry, the second-highest of any municipality in the United States and highest in the state.

There were 3,152 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $48,936, and the median income for a family was $52,016. Males had a median income of $38,156 versus $27,304 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,920. About 7.3% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.

Local government
Edgewater Park is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected 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.

, members of the Edgewater Park Township Committee are Mayor Michael J. Trainor (D, term on committee and ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2023), Deputy Mayor Lauren Kremper DiFilippo (D, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2023), William A. Belgard III (D, 2025), Kevin P. Johnson (D, 2024), Juanita A. Scott (D, 2023).

In September 2017, Kevin Johnson was selected from three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee and appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2018 that became vacant following the death of John G. McElwee the previous month. Johnson served on an interim basis until the November 2017 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.

In January 2017, the Township Committee selected Azunnah C. Amutah from three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to assume the term expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Barbara Perkins, who resigned from office in December 2016.

Brett V. Evans is the Police Chief of the Edgewater Park Township Police Department.

Federal, state and county representation
Edgewater Park is located in the 3rd Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 7th state legislative district.

Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 4,798 registered voters in Edgewater Park Township, of which 2,119 (44.2% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 819 (17.1% vs. 23.9%) were registered as Republicans and 1,857 (38.7% vs. 42.8%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. Among the township's 2010 Census population, 54.0% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 67.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,596 votes (69.3% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,083 votes (28.9% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 41 votes (1.1% vs. 1.0%), among the 3,744 ballots cast by the township's 5,007 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.8% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,719 votes (67.8% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1,223 votes (30.5% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 36 votes (0.9% vs. 1.0%), among the 4,012 ballots cast by the township's 4,942 registered voters, for a turnout of 81.2% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 2,218 votes (60.9% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 1,385 votes (38.0% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 20 votes (0.5% vs. 0.8%), among the 3,643 ballots cast by the township's 4,680 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.8% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,189 votes (53.0% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 996 votes (44.4% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 17 votes (0.8% vs. 1.2%), among the 2,244 ballots cast by the township's 5,087 registered voters, yielding a 44.1% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county). In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 1,363 ballots cast (56.7% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 871 votes (36.2% vs. 47.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 115 votes (4.8% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 22 votes (0.9% vs. 1.2%), among the 2,403 ballots cast by the township's 4,940 registered voters, yielding a 48.6% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

Education
The Edgewater Park School District serves public school students in grades from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 904 students and 75.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Mildred Magowan Elementary School with 479 students in grades PreK-4 and
 * Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School with 406 students in grades 5-8.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Burlington City High School in Burlington, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the City of Burlington Public School District, in which Edgewater Park students account for almost 40% of the high school's enrollment. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 760 students and 71.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.

Students from Edgewater Park, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, 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.

Roads and highways
, the township had a total of 28.76 mi of roadways, of which 22.69 mi were maintained by the municipality, 4.80 mi by Burlington County and 1.27 mi by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 130 is the main highway serving Edgewater Park, running along the southeastern edge of the township, forming its border with neighboring Willingboro Township. County Route 543 also passes through the township close to the Delaware River. Both roads are oriented southwest to northeast parallel to the river, but are signed north–south.

Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service on the 409 route between Trenton and Philadelphia, and on the 419 route between Camden and Burlington.

BurLink bus service is offered on the B2 route between Beverly and Westampton Township.

Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Edgewater Park include:

 * Diane Allen (born 1948), former television anchor who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1998 to 2018
 * Aimee Belgard (born 1974), member of the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders since her election in 2012 who served on the Edgewater Park Township Committee from 2012 until she took office as freeholder in 2013
 * Samuel C. Forker (1821–1900), Congressman who represented NJ's 2nd congressional district from 1871 to 1873
 * Anthony Giacchino (born 1970), filmmaker and composer
 * Michael Giacchino (born 1967), soundtrack composer
 * Edward Burd Grubb Jr. (1841–1913), Civil War General and United States Ambassador to Spain
 * Carla Katz (born 1959), attorney who served as president of Local 1034 of the Communications Workers of America from 1999 until 2008, and received public notice for her relationship with Jon Corzine, both before and during his term as Governor of New Jersey
 * Grover C. Richman Jr. (1911–1983), lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1951 to 1953 and as New Jersey Attorney General from 1954 to 1958
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Article for Flooring merged: See old talk-page here

Article For Floor covering merged: (No talk page) Dmcq (talk) 18:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Some contents have been split back to Flooring article Dmcq (talk) 16:45, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Floor numbering
While I agree that the number 4 is considered unlucky by most Chinese people, it is interesting to note that if you type in the words "Chinese 14th floor" into a Google search, you get some interesting results. The first result of such a search at the present moment is a link to a Hong Kong government website on the Companies Registry and in fact directs you the 14th floor of a building if you wish to incorporate or register a company.

Also, perhaps the choice to number floors with or without a "ground floor" is more a result of culture than language, and the use of the distinction between "American English and British English" suggests the latter. For example, Singapore students are taught British English and even have to sit British 'O'-levels and 'A'-levels, yet anyone who has spent some time in Singapore can tell you that the culture has strong American influence. It is no suprise therefore that Singapore adopts the American style of naming floors -- omitting the "ground floor".

Brittanica
Should information in Wikipedia be stolen from Brittanica? Oven Fresh 16:19, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Why do you say "stolen"? I don't think credited use of an out of copyright source is usually described as theft. Notinasnaid 09:55, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Information must be stolen, blatantly and without shame, from everywhere. That is the principle of academic freedom. Text must not be copied, that is the principle of copyright. It is not difficult to reconcile the two principles. That is academia, and by extension, Wikipedia. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 02:03, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Superstition
I removed this bit and I'll explain why.

 * Floors in buildings are often renamed or renumbered depending on the superstitions of the local population. In much of the European world, for example, the number 13 is considered unlucky (triskaidekaphobia), so the floor is renumbered to 12A or 12B, or even directly to 14.

 * In Chinese culture, 4 is considered unlucky, so 4 would be renamed 3A or 3B, and further up the building, the floors would be numbered 12, 13, 13A, 15. Interestingly, this results in two floors numbered 13, whereas Europeans would prefer none!

Well what gets me wondering about this is that I am European, have been for nearly fifty years, and I know of no buildings missing a thirteenth floor, in fact I find the idea rather suspect, given European phlegmatism.

And also (wincing a little) because I heard the same story. And when I heard it, it was about American buildings missing a floor 13...

 * I can vouch that many US highrise hotels, appartment buildings, etc, go directly from floor 12 to floor 14. -- Infrogmation 07:15, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

There's nothing in here about actual floor materials or construction?

Um, I just added a footnote and it ain't there. Anyone have a clue? JackLumber. 22:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Issues
Acoustic concrete is designed for sound damping. It is mixed with an air entraining agent, which results in a significantly lighter concrete that still possesses excellent acoustic damping properties. LorenzoB 00:22, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

 * You are welcome to add material on this to the article. Please make sure it is referenced, such as with a link to a webpage, or if not available online, with references to books or similar. Cheers. MadMaxDog 10:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

The subject of Flooring is already dealt with in Floor covering and all that really remains is a definition of 'Flooring', so I think Flooring should probably be redirected to this article and removed. Dmcq 14:43, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Floor cleaning
For the Floor enthusiasts, how about a secion on floor cleaning? Federico Grigio, alias Nahraana (talk) 13:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Sounds good to me, I think it could make a good article on its own with just a reference from Floor. Go for it, I can see there's all sorts of stuff like stripping the surface and putting on a new protective layer, getting the right traction, what leaving a wood floor wet can do, what the various types of brushes do and those opening V sweepers with replaceable covers, the history of it. Well there's a fair amount. Floor enthusiast, hmmm, I think perhaps I'll just join Bert's rubber band and paper clip enthusiasts society instead. Do you know your rubber band collection lasts better if you keep it in the fridge? ;-) Dmcq (talk) 08:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I'm no expert on it but it is a very important aspect of floors, so I'll put in a short introductory section into this article saying what the purpose of floor cleaning is and see if it can't reference a couple of non-commercial sites about it. Dmcq (talk) 18:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Still rather a stub but I really feel floor cleaning should be separated out so it can be referenced from cleaning- so I'll go ahead and split it out. I can't see anyone having much objection as no-one else has written anything in that section. Dmcq (talk) 18:36, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Target audience
"Floor" is a common English word. It might be good to recognize that beginning readers, English students, and people confused about international word usage might seek help in this article. Instead, the article launches immediately into quite technical concepts such as "I-beam", "building code", "joist", and includes information extracted from building codes, such "joists that are centered no more that 16 inches apart". Such specificity also seems not reflect the POV of the majority of English-speaking countries.

There are enough basic concepts to warrant an elementary article on floors. More sophisticated architectural and construction details might well be explored in new articles for a more specialized audience. Perhaps "Floors (North American building codes)" and "Flooring techniques" and "Floors (structural variations)". I'd also enjoy reading "Floors (historical usage)". Piano non troppo (User talk:Piano non troppo) 22:32, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't believe the edits were helpful and have added comments to User talk:Piano_non_troppo Dmcq (talk) 23:35, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

 * (Comments from Dmcq copied from Piano non troppo's talk page):

 * I've been trying to find some good in your edits to floor because I believe it is rather clunky. However I just can't agree with most of what you've done.

 * You removed wikilnks on cross references to common things like joists and basement, now that may be reasonable on something not about basic building but they are useful and relevant on an article like this.

 * You cut down on verbiage by sticking a number of things into one paragraph. There is no need to start on about what a sub-floor might contain when just starting to describe a floor. Simplifying is good but there is such a thing as cutting out so much as to make things indigestible. If as you say you want the article to be read by people who want simple language and no technicalities then the technical bits need careful introduction and separate definition as in the original.

 * Even on you business of removing a reference to a place as commercial that is to another entry in wikipedia and people may be interested in seeing what kind of place would use such a floor - it gives context.

 * About the only thing I really can agree with is that 'bottom surface' is much better than 'lower horizontal surface'. I intend reverting most of the stuff to what was there before in the next day or so. Dmcq (talk) 23:28, 23 September 2008 (UTC) (end copied comments) Piano non troppo (talk) 00:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the comments.

 * 1) I started editing this article at all because a commercial interest, SKYCITY, Auckland, had manipulated it so that a photo of its (atypical) floor work appeared at the top, along with a link to its business. I can barely make out what I'm looking at, even now, and I was hoping some later editor would replace it, once the commercial reference was removed. That was my original motivation.

 * 2) The phrase you liked ("bottom surface") is almost straight from Webster's dictionary, so it's good we agree on that. Also, I agree that "joist" and "basement" might reasonably be Wiki links. As for the rest, I was guided by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_accessible.

 * "Articles in Wikipedia should be accessible to the widest possible audience. For most articles, this means accessible to a general audience."

 * And that's exactly what this article was not. It was (and is) a rambling essay of uncited original research written by professionals for a professional audience.

 * 3) The article immediately launched into building codes, I-beams and H-beams -- all technical subjects. Note this is completely contrary to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_accessible. Quotes about a Wiki article's target audience:

 * "People who will simply not understand the concept. Hopefully this is a limited group — elementary school students, for example."

 * "The general public, with no technical background."

 * The article, as it stands, is useless for these two groups.

 * The article isn't about "floors", it is about "Things that are Under our Feet in Modern Floors". Floors have been around before the dawn of recorded history. There are earth floors, stone floors, reed floors, and wood floors, cave floors and boat floors -- And that's what this article should emphasize. Since it is the most basic Wiki article on floors, it should start with the basics. What is a floor? What is it for? What role does it play in buildings and vehicles?

 * That's why I suggested creating several articles out of this. Building codes, sub-floors and, good grief, "Seamless chemical flooring", belong in other articles. An example: Performance surface. (The Sprung floor article you contributed to is another good example.) A special purpose floor. It deserves it's own Wiki article? Absolutely. Should be included in this article? No more than it is: a link with a handful of words of explanation.

 * This article should be entirely rewritten to provide a context for articles like Performance surface and Sprung floor. I've rewritten the opening paragraph to nudge the article in this direction, see what you think.

 * Piano non troppo (talk) 01:16, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes that seems much better thanks. I've chopped the header down a bit more and put all the subfloor stuff together. Dmcq (talk) 11:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Splitting up Floor
I've had a look at splitting up Floor as suggested in the previous Talk section, and a split I see as reasonable is:

I'm not sure what to do with the issues section. It could just be removed and any useful bits distributed but the concept is orthogonal to the other sections. Dmcq (talk) 17:55, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Flooring for the floor covering - there were three areas dealing with this before which were consolidated but I think it can all be split out again
 * Building utilities for all the stuff like wiring and plumbing. This is mainly common to what is above the ceiling or behind the walls.
 * Subfloor - there is lot more to this like for instance cantilevered floors used in modern skyscrapers. This could refer back to floor for other special constructions like floating floors.
 * Cleaning is already separate and both Floor and the Flooring articles can have a short paragraph pointing to it.

 * Building services engineering seems appropriate for the utilities. It is rather an undeveloped article mainly a list of services, which is probably what it should mainly be but it rather like the way the public utilities dig up the road one after the other without ever talking to one another. Dmcq (talk) 07:58, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

What's the thing called that goes around the edges of the floor where it meets the wall? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teethiness (talk • contribs) 00:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Lots of names, see baseboard. Dmcq (talk) 00:54, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teethiness (talk • contribs) 00:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I think floor and flooring should be separated, but at the moment there is not enough quality information about ether issue. Perhaps it would be good to allow the page develop a bit more, before it is split - not sure what is the success with wider topics- do they develop better and faster? I have noticed there is heavy handed policing by a small number of people on this page- who do not seem to posses any expertise, and do not contribute to the page in any way, I think it would help to allow people edit the page, and let it evolve - rather than keep it basic and poor, as it is now. I don't have much time, but as I have a background in architecture and civil engineering, and currently work on sustainable homes project, I would be happy to help with findings from my research- however, my time is very limited. --WDIAROM (talk) 16:18, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Please keep to the subject of the section header. There is another section below where you can badmouth people. Dmcq (talk) 16:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Sustainable flooring
The sustainable flooring section looks like an ad to me. And besides that it is not about floors or flooring as such but about sustainable flooring. If the originator thinks it is notable can I suggest they set up a separate article and it can be linked to from here. I shall therefore be removing the whole section. Dmcq (talk) 09:29, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like they are determined to stick the stuff in despite my and tedders objections. I'll ask for administrator mediation. Dmcq (talk) 14:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks- I was just thinking the same thing. Link it up as soon as you post it, please. tedder (talk) 15:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've just raised a request for an opinion at WT:WikiProject_Architecture rather than asking for admin action at this point. Dmcq (talk) 15:13, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

There was no attempt from ether of you (or is it just one?) to improve the page in any way. There was no constructive input at all, and you don't seem to have any expertise in the area. You have also failed to justify your wild accusation of spam, however, the links you disliked were removed. One of you requested newspaper articles as a suitable and credible reference, that I find ridiculous, one day you will learn that trusting newspapers is not a good thing- after all, they are designed to sell a story. Wikipedia is not to play policemen, it is to provide information, and collaborate in the process- this requires research and constructive discussion/ edits. Please reflect on that- and if you find this response patronising, reflect even more on your activities.WDIAROM (talk) 15:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * As to Tedder and me being sockpuppets I did not accuse you of that before, but I have found that people say of others what is true of themselves so that is now my strong suspicion of you.
 * You contributed nothing of note to the subject of floors, only to something that could possibly be made into a separate article as I said before. If you really are a new editor like you say might I suggest you take a bit of advice and try out what I said?
 * Your contribution had a reference to a flooring company on every paragraph and the citations did not contribute significantly to Floors never mind sustainable floors. There were a few citation which could be good but as I said before a separate article would be best.
 * I am sorry if removing linkspam seems heavy handed to you but Wikipedia has rules about advertisements and allowing loads of them and turning wikipedia into a link farm is no what an encyclopaedia is about. Please see WP:SPAM. Dmcq (talk) 16:40, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I made no accusation of any kind, please only read what I wrote, reading between the lines may show you what you want to see, but rarely helps. I am not interested in any personal conversation, I apologise. Reading what you wrote just confirms my point- you failed to check the sources completely. Judging a book by its cover is not wise. There was no spam of any kind entered by me. Also, I explained to you the purpose of the entry, just because you are not interested, it does not mean other people are not. This is not your Wikipedia, this is not your decision. Ether you contribute and improve an article, or you don't- the rest is not up to you, but everyone who wants to have a go, the way they see fit. Good stuff will survive and evolve, poor stuff will be replaced. There is no need for drama and imaginary heroism- who would want to vandalise a flooring entry ? Find a more interesting area to play like politics ...and let boring articles to evolve by trial and error, in the true spirit of Wikipedia - NOT CENTRALLY controlled -get that? --17:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WDIAROM (talk • contribs)

By the way, if you are not capable to check references now, I have a hard time to believe you checked the very first edits - that did link to a single source- as explained to the person you claim not to be - a temporary solution- in hope someone well informed will come with a credible research, that i had difficult time to source ( if you don't count subscription journals articles, that were my original source and are not suitable references). The page you talk about- and failed to check- is not a flooring company- it is simple a green information site, nothing else, does not advertise anything at all - anyway,by the time you were summoned to help bully me- those links were all gone, so what are you on about? I don't care if you are one, two or three people or personalities, but please if you have nothing constructive to add, say or produce, let others do so. I already explained that I appreciated beeing alerted to a few issues, and I was happy to discuss and make changes- however, your actions were: rush in - accuses- fail to check - fail to correct- fail to contribute...REFLECT!!! I will not waste any more time discussing this.WDIAROM (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I'll add a Request for comment below for this addition to the article. Dmcq (talk) 18:08, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

 * My understanding about the company I objected to was that it was one of the www.pts.com sites which stick in some content so as to get ad money. Not that I have too much trouble with the concept but it just didn't seem worth linking to and I'm sure any primary sources would be better citations. My primary objection to the sustainable flooring inclusion in the Floors article is that it is just hijacking the article to push an agenda. It is a separate subject and you should set up a separate article that can be linked to. Dmcq (talk) 18:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I am happy to respond to a constructive message: My objection is: You both failed to check the website, and made accusations. Despite this- every link to that site was removed promptly.

My second objection is you have not shown any flooring expertise, or contributed to the page in any way - however, you want to remove information - this is antiwkipedia..remember, burning books because one did not like what is in them? I made changes becasue I agreed it was poorly writen, and sounded a bit like an advert. Now it does not - if you disagree, point it out, or correct it so it sounds neutral.

My third objection is - do not patronise wikipedia users, they can see when articles are poor, and they can see when references are poor too. They dont need to be told.

Information about flooring on flooring page is just that...no agenda. --WDIAROM (talk) 19:03, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

 * In my estimation the section does not contribute to the floor article but pushes an agenda and is disproportionate. I believe a small comment like the one that reclaimed lumber is green is about the right amount in this article if anything is to be included at all. Set up a separate article on sustainable flooring and link to it. I've no objection to that and it can stand or fall by other's ideas on its notability. Please stop commenting on other people personally. Dmcq (talk) 19:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

http://www.sustainablefloors.co.uk/ most certainly does have Google ads all over it. Please don't assert that it "does not advertise anything at all".--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:25, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Is it a flooring company as was suggested? NO. I cant see any adds there- but perhaps it is because my browser stops them- I have no idea, will give you benefit of a doubt- I cant see a single add. Anyway, Tedder suggested newspaper articles instead- that HAVE every add type I can imagine all over them...so, was that really the issue, or was this all about something else, and the article, etc...was just a smokescreen? Tedder and their friend need to examine their behavior, and come to terms that their policing is not playing heroes, and that if they want to make this a better place, they need to lead by example, not be patronising, controlling and bullysh. They made no attempt to make any improvements, and no research, that speaks for their intentions clearly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.27.133 (talk) 08:39, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

 * They were probably looking at one of the ones you'd left in like that rubber company. I was meaning one you'd cut out. I understand it is content commissioned to be put out on the web to get ad money, it leaves out ads until there's enough links to it. There is no feedback mechanism or review like for instance a trade organisation would have, and anyway unlike what you say green issues are discussed in trade magazines and their web equivalents. And personally I was not impressed with the content. I definitely agree with the comment that a newspaper would be better, they have a continuing discussion with their readers. Even an actual flooring company though slanted talks to people. Anyway I'm happy with it split off so you can try sticking in any questionable references you like into it now as far as I'm concerned without my interference. Might I suggest also that you'll avoid heart attack if you take the ideas in Ignore all dramas to mind? Dmcq (talk) 09:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Request for Comment: Sustainable flooring

 * I agree that this section as it has been added should not remain. The types of flooring are mostly listed under "Resilient flooring", and the details should go in the individual articles. If there's enough of a "sustainable flooring" movement out there, then it should have its own article talking about the history.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:14, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks SarekOfVulcan, that split looks good. I guess I should have thought of going ahead and doing it myself but I just have this educational hangup about preferring if WDIAROM had been able to do it. Dmcq (talk) 00:28, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Splitting up floor (again)
If no one objects I'm going to split up the Floor article again to move the Floor covering section to the 'Flooring' article. Flooring currently redirects to Floor. Floor covering will also be redirected to Flooring rather than Floor. Flooring would be the main article simply on the basis that Floor covering is two words rather than one, I've no better basis for distinguishing between them.

The sections on Floor features and floor cleaning would also be moved to Flooring, cut down versions of Floor covering, features and cleaning sections would be kept in the floor article. I think the sections to be split out are fairly self contained and hopefully this will leave space for a more structural oriented article in Floor.

Many links to floor should be disambiguated to somewhere else and this adds another place - flooring. Hopefully it should make the remainder more manageable. There's not many places where they actually mean an actual floor or subfloor rather than flooring or a storey or something else. Dmcq (talk) 13:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Sounds great, Dmcq. Thanks for your work on this page. tedder (talk) 18:49, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Name of article
The article was renames as Floor (surface) and is thankfully being moved back again. Could I ask if anyone else has a desire to rename it that they discuss it first. The (surface) was a particularly bad choice as Flooring is surfacing for a floor and there's other surfaces in maths just like there is a floor in maths. Dmcq (talk) 13:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Question: structural function
Apart from a floor functioning as a sort of platform for people to live and work on, I suppose floors (and ceilings) must sometimes have the structural function of adding rigidity to a building. In this structural sense I daresay it doesn't matter whether the structure is called a floor or a ceiling, and may often be both. Do engineers, architects, builders etc. have any general term for a floor/ceiling with this specific function?Campolongo (talk) 07:41, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
 * They don't in general have such a function. However the beams under a floor do that sort of thing as well as holding up the floors and ceilings. Dmcq (talk) 10:36, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Exterior Floors
Article fails to consider exterior floors which are not in a room or vehicle, such as a floor that passes through a wall or opening to the exterior floor space. 108.161.123.51 (talk) 03:17, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

dance floor
mentioning that floors are for dancing in the first sentence (first clause, even) could come across as being a little Kevin Bacon-esque.

maybe this should be moved to a link to Dance floor, the disambiguation page in the See also section near the bottom of the page?

Longpinkytoes (talk) 12:07, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

 * Quite right. I removed it. It's the sort of silliness that sometimes gets stuck into articles. Dmcq (talk) 18:52, 7 January 2019 (UTC)2
 * The special structures section includes sprung floor which is used by dancers and athletes. Dmcq (talk) 18:55, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

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