Everything about National Park New Jersey totally explained
National Park is a
Borough in
Gloucester County,
New Jersey,
United States. As of the
United States 2000 Census, 3,205 residents were counted. Despite its name,
National Park isn't a
national park nor is it associated with one. The area was commercially developed starting in 1895 as
National Park on the Delaware, a religious resort / retreat community for members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
National Park was formed as a borough by an Act of the
New Jersey Legislature on
April 15,
1902, from portions of
West Deptford Township.
Geography
National Park is located at (39.867158, -75.180201).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4
square miles (3.7
km²), of which, 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²) of it's land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (30.56%) is water.
National Park borders
West Deptford Township and the
Delaware River.
The Delaware River shore faces the southern end of
Philadelphia, approximately across from the mouth of the
Schuylkill River and the site of
Fort Mifflin.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 3,205 people, 1,111 households, and 865 families residing in the borough. The
population density was 3,219.0 people per square mile (1,237.5/km²). There were 1,165 housing units at an average density of 1,170.1/sq mi (449.8/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.35%
White, 0.09%
African American, 0.25%
Native American, 0.25%
Asian, 0.03%
Pacific Islander, 0.53% from
other races, and 0.50% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population.
There were 1,111 households out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were
married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the borough the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $48,534, and the median income for a family was $51,535. Males had a median income of $35,102 versus $27,398 for females. The
per capita income for the borough was $18,048. About 6.5% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
National Park is governed under the
Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
The Mayor of National Park is Patricia M. Koloski. Members of the Borough Council Borough Council are Council President Dennis Mehaffey, Mark Cooper, Michael Duer, Anne Marie Henry, Harry Schaeffer and Michael Szatkowski.
Federal, state and county representation
National Park is in the First Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 3rd Legislative District.
Education
The
National Park School District serves public school students in Preschool through sixth grade. National Park Elementary School served 315 students as of the 2005-06 school year.
For seventh through twelfth grade, public school students attend
Gateway Regional High School, a regional public high school serving students from the boroughs of National Park,
Wenonah,
Westville and
Woodbury Heights, as part of the Gateway Regional High School District.
Site of Fort Mercer
During the
American Revolutionary War, in 1777, the
Continental Army, under the command of
George Washington, constructed two forts on the
Delaware River to block the approach to
Philadelphia:
Fort Mifflin, on the
Pennsylvania side, and
Fort Mercer, on the
New Jersey side. Fort Mercer was located in what is now National Park. A park, monument, and museum exist today on the site of the fort. The fort was named in honor of
Brigadier General Hugh Mercer who had died earlier that year at the
Battle of Princeton.
On October 22 of that year, in what is known as the
Battle of Red Bank, an attack by 900
Hessian troops, serving under
British Major General William Howe, who then occupied
Philadelphia, was repelled, with heavy losses on the
Hessian side, including the death of their commander,
Colonel Carl Emil Kurt von Donop, by the 600
Continental defenders under
Colonel Christopher Greene. After the later loss of
Fort Mifflin, Fort Mercer was abandoned without a fight when
Lord Charles Cornwallis landed 2,000 British troops nearby on November 18.
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