Hammonton

Also known as Hammonton, New Jersey, Hammonton, NJ

town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Atlantic
Incorporated: March 5, 1866
Named after: John Hammond Coffin
Type: Town
Body: Town Council
Mayor: Steven Furgione ( R , term ends December 31, 2029)
Business administrator: Frank Zuber
Municipal clerk: Frank Zuber
Total: 41.32 sq mi (107.01 km )
Land: 40.75 sq mi (105.54 km )
Water: 0.56 sq mi (1.46 km ) 1.37%
Rank: 50th of 565 in state, 7th of 23 in county
Elevation: 62 ft (19 m)
Estimate 2023: 14,797
Density: 361/sq mi (139/km )
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Hammonton
Population: 14711
Area: 107.27437
Elevation: 62
Official website: www.townofhammonton.org
Image: William L. Black House.jpg
Households: 5183
Dialing code: 609

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postal code: 08037
Commons category: Hammonton, New Jersey
water as percent of area: 1.2838
per capita income: 32918
date of incorporation: 1866-03-05

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Hammonton is a town in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that has been referred to as the "Blueberry Capital of the World". As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 14,711, a decrease of 80 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 14,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,187 (+17.4%) from the 12,604 counted in the 2000 census. Geographically, the town, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state 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.

The first European settlement of Hammonton was in 1812. It was named for John Hammond Coffin, a son of one of the community's earliest settlers, William Coffin, with the "d" in what was originally Hammondton disappearing over time. It was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1866, from portions of Hamilton Township and Mullica Township.