Northfield
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city in New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Atlantic
- Incorporated
- March 21, 1905
- Type
- City
- Body
- City Council
- Mayor
- Erland Chau ( R , term ends December 31, 2023)
- Municipal clerk
- Mary Canesi
- Total
- 3.62 sq mi (9.37 km )
- Land
- 3.58 sq mi (9.28 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km ) 0.97%
- Rank
- 310th of 565 in state, 20th of 23 in county
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 8,426
- Density
- 2,354.6/sq mi (909.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
- Zip code
- 08225
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Northfield
- Population
- 8434
- Area
- 8.918009
- Elevation
- 23
- Official website
- www.cityofnorthfield.org
- Image
- JEREMIAH II OR EDWARD RISLEY HOUSE, ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ.jpg
- Households
- 2888
- Dialing code
- 609
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- postal code
- 08225
- Commons category
- Northfield, New Jersey
- inception
- 1905-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.1476
- per capita income
- 42331
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Northfield is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 8,434, a decrease of 190 (−2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 8,624, which in turn reflected an increase of 899 (+11.6%) from the 7,725 counted in the 2000 census.
Northfield was founded by Jeremiah Leeds; he has a gravestone at Oxford Circle, but it is not certain that he was buried there. Northfield was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 21, 1905, from portions of Egg Harbor Township. A portion of Egg Harbor Township was transferred to Northfield in 1931, and then reverted to Egg Harbor Township in 1933.