Gloucester City
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city in Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Camden
- European settlement
- 1623 ; 403 years ago ( 1623 )
- Incorporated
- February 25, 1868
- Named after
- Gloucester , England
- Type
- Special charter
- Body
- City Council
- Mayor
- Dayl R. Baile ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Municipal clerk
- Vanessa L. Little
- Total
- 2.76 sq mi (7.15 km )
- Land
- 2.32 sq mi (6.00 km )
- Water
- 0.45 sq mi (1.16 km ) 16.41%
- Rank
- 359th of 565 in state, 15th of 37 in county
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 11,507
- Density
- 4,960.7/sq mi (1,915.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gloucester City
- Population
- 11484
- Area
- 7.206257
- Elevation
- 23
- Official website
- www.cityofgloucester.org
- Image
- Walt Whitman Bridge-2.jpg
- Households
- 4349
- Dialing code
- 856
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- Commons category
- Gloucester City, New Jersey
- postal code
- 08030
- inception
- 1627-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 16.6151
- per capita income
- 26425
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Gloucester City is a city in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 11,484, an increase of 28 (+0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 11,456, which in turn reflected a decline of 28 (−0.2%) from the 11,484 counted in the 2000 census. It is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia and the Port of Philadelphia.
Gloucester City was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 25, 1868, from the remaining portions of Union Township, which was then dissolved. Additional territory was annexed in 1925 from Centre Township and in 1927 from Haddon Township. The city's name derives from Gloucester, England.