Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey
Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey | |
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Hancock House in the Hancock's Bridge section of the township | |
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Seal | |
| Motto: The Heart of South Jersey | |
Lower Alloways Creek Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey | |
Lower Alloways Creek Township Location in Salem County Lower Alloways Creek Township Location in New Jersey Lower Alloways Creek Township Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°27′02″N 75°27′28″W / 39.450506°N 75.457741°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Salem |
| Formed | June 17, 1767 |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Paul M. Collier (R, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Municipal clerk | Ronald L. Campbell Sr. |
| Area | |
• Total | 72.53 sq mi (187.84 km2) |
| • Land | 45.31 sq mi (117.35 km2) |
| • Water | 27.22 sq mi (70.49 km2) 37.53% |
| • Rank | 14th of 565 in state 1st of 15 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,717 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,736 |
| • Rank | 500th of 565 in state 12th of 15 in county |
| • Density | 37.9/sq mi (14.6/km2) |
| • Rank | 557th of 565 in state 15th of 15 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08038 – Hancock's Bridge |
| Area code | 856 exchanges: 339, 935 |
| FIPS code | 3403341640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882065 |
| Website | www |
Lower Alloways Creek Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,717, a decrease of 53 (−3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,770, which in turn reflected a decline of 81 (−4.4%) from the 1,851 counted in the 2000 census.
PSE&G operates three nuclear reactors in Lower Alloways Creek Township. Salem 1 and Salem 2 are pressurized water reactors at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station has one boiling water reactor. Lower Alloways Creek Township is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold legally.