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About Deptford
Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, USDeptford Township (; DEP-fərd) is a township in Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,977, an increase of 1,416 (+4.6%) from the 2010 census count of 30,561, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,798 (+14.2%) from the 26,763 counted in the 2000 census. Deptford Township was formed June 1, 1695, and was known initially as Bethlehem. It was incorporated as a township by the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial 104 townships formed under the Township Act. Since then, portions of the township were taken to create Washington Township (February 17, 1836), Woodbury Borough (M…
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