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from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusVoorhees Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a suburb in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,069, an increase of 1,938 (+6.7%) from the 2010 census count of 29,131, which in turn reflects an increase of 1,005 (+3.6%) from the 28,126 counted in the 2000 census. Voorhees Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1899, from portions of Waterford Township. Portions of the township were taken on March 8, 1924, to form Gibbsboro. The township is named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the Governor of New Jersey who authorized its …
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 29,131 to 31,069 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Voorhees yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Voorhees’s history is told.
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Voorhees, decade by decade
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Then & now
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Historic places
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