Gibbsboro
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borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Camden
- Incorporated
- April 11, 1924
- Named after
- Gibbs family
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Edward G. Campbell III ( I , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Municipal clerk
- Amy C. Troxel
- Total
- 2.20 sq mi (5.69 km )
- Land
- 2.15 sq mi (5.57 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km ) 1.95%
- Rank
- 393rd of 565 in state, 16th of 37 in county
- Elevation
- 75 ft (23 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 2,239
- Density
- 1,017.2/sq mi (392.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Gibbsboro
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Camden County
- Population
- 2189
- Area
- 5.753693
- Elevation
- 75
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Voorhees Township
- Official website
- www.gibbsborotownhall.com
- Image
- JOHN LUCAS HOUSE, GIBBSBORO, CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ.jpg
- Households
- 761
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- Commons category
- Gibbsboro, New Jersey
- water as percent of area
- 1.755
- postal code
- 08026
- inception
- 1924-01-01
- per capita income
- 34127
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Encyclopedic overview
Gibbsboro is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,189, a decrease of 85 (−3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,274, which in turn reflected a decline of 161 (−6.6%) from the 2,435 counted in the 2000 census.
Gibbsboro was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1924, from portions of Voorhees Township, subject to approval by voters in a referendum, which was held on April 11, 1924. The borough was named for the Gibbs family, early settlers from 1706 for whom the area's post office was named when it was established in 1883.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gibbsboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.