Lawnside

Also known as Lawnside, NJ

borough in Camden County, New Jersey

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Camden
Incorporated: April 20, 1926
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Mary Ann Wardlow ( D , term ends December 31, 2026)
Administrator: Angelique Rankins
Municipal clerk: Marsharee Wright (acting)
Total: 1.43 sq mi (3.70 km )
Land: 1.43 sq mi (3.70 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0.00%
Rank: 459th of 565 in state, 25th of 37 in county
Elevation: 85 ft (26 m)
Estimate 2023: 3,301
Density: 2,065.8/sq mi (797.6/km )
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Lawnside
Population: 2955
Area: 3.646997
Elevation: 85
Official website: www.lawnside.net
Image: Mount Peace Cemetery and Funeral Directing Company Cemetery 2012-10-20 12-19-16.jpg
Households: 1178

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postal code: 08045
Commons category: Lawnside, New Jersey
water as percent of area: 0
per capita income: 39113
date of incorporation: 1926-04-20

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Lawnside is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Lawnside was developed in 1840 and incorporated in 1926 as the first independent, self-governing Black municipality north of the Mason–Dixon line. As of the 2020 United States census, approximately 75% of the borough's 2,955 population still identified as Black or African American, although this percentage has declined over the past two census periods. The population in 2020 had increased by 10 (+0.3%) from the 2010 census count of 2,945,

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