Folsom

Also known as Folsom, New Jersey, Folsom, NJ

borough of New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Atlantic
Incorporated: May 23, 1906
Named after: Frances Folsom
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Greg Schenker ( R , term ends December 31, 2023)
Municipal clerk: Patricia M. Gatto
Total: 8.51 sq mi (22.04 km )
Land: 8.26 sq mi (21.40 km )
Water: 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km ) 2.88%
Rank: 226th of 565 in state, 14th of 23 in county
Elevation: 56 ft (17 m)
Estimate 2023: 1,813
Density: 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km )
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Folsom
Population: 1811
Area: 21.855105
Elevation: 56
Official website: www.folsomborough.com
Image: St Jacobus NJ.JPG
Households: 569

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Commons category: Folsom, New Jersey
inception: 1906-05-23
water as percent of area: 2.799
per capita income: 42198

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Folsom is a borough in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,811, a decrease of 74 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 1,885, which in turn reflected a decline of 87 (−4.4%) from the 1,972 counted in the 2000 census.