Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Salem
- Incorporated
- January 28, 1893
- Named after
- Lucius Elmer
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Joseph P. Stemberger ( D , term ends December 31, 2023)
- Municipal clerk
- Sarah D. Walker
- Total
- 0.91 sq mi (2.35 km )
- Land
- 0.89 sq mi (2.30 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km ) 2.20%
- Rank
- 513th of 565 in state, 14th of 15 in county
- Elevation
- 115 ft (35 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 1,368
- Density
- 1,507.2/sq mi (581.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Elmer
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Salem County
- Population
- 1347
- Area
- 2.272697
- Elevation
- 115
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Upper Pittsgrove Township
- Official website
- elmerboroughnj.com
- Image
- David V Smith House.JPG
- Households
- 470
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- Commons category
- Elmer, New Jersey
- postal code
- 08318
- inception
- 1893-01-28
- water as percent of area
- 1.3979
- per capita income
- 36686
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Encyclopedic overview
Elmer is a borough in Salem County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,347, a decrease of 48 (−3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 1,395, which in turn reflected an increase of 11 (+0.8%) from the 1,384 counted in the 2000 census. It is the home of the annual Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival, which celebrated its 23rd year in 2012.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elmer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.