Wrightstown
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borough of New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Burlington
- Incorporated
- March 26, 1918
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Donald Cottrell ( R , unexpired term ending December 31, 2024)
- Municipal clerk
- Freda Gorman
- Total
- 1.85 sq mi (4.79 km )
- Land
- 1.85 sq mi (4.79 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0.00%
- Rank
- 423rd of 565 in state, 33rd of 40 in county
- Elevation
- 151 ft (46 m)
- Density
- 389.1/sq mi (150.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
- Zip code
- 08562
- Area code
- 609 exchanges : 723, 724, 752, 758
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Wrightstown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Burlington County
- Population
- 720
- Area
- 4.579129
- Elevation
- 151
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Pemberton Township
- Official website
- www.wrightstownborough.com
- Image
- CR 545 in Wrightstown.jpg
- Households
- 277
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- Commons category
- Wrightstown, New Jersey
- postal code
- 08562
- inception
- 1918-03-26
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 31093
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Encyclopedic overview
Wrightstown is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 720, a decrease of 82 (−10.2%) from the 2010 census count of 802, which in turn reflected an increase of 54 (+7.2%) from the 748 counted in the 2000 census.
Wrightstown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 4, 1918, from portions of New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township, based on the results of a referendum held on March 26, 1918. The borough was named for John Wright, an early settler who contributed the land that became the settlement of Wrightstown.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wrightstown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.