History · Edgewater Park

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Edgewater Park is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey and a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,930, an increase of 49 (+0.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,881, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,017 (+12.9%) from the 7,864 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Edgewater Park was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 26, 1924, from portions of Beverly Township (now known as Delanco Township).} The township was named for i…

Edgewater Park was established in 1924. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 8,881 people in 2010, 8,930 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1969.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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