Maple Shade Township, New Jersey
Maple Shade Township, New Jersey | |
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Chesterfield School | |
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| Motto(s): "Nice Town, Friendly People" | |
Maple Shade highlighted in Burlington County. Inset: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Maple Shade Township, New Jersey | |
Maple Shade Township Location in Burlington County Maple Shade Township Location in New Jersey Maple Shade Township Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′09″N 74°59′42″W / 39.952381°N 74.994896°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Established | November 6, 1688 as Chester Township |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Renamed | November 6, 1945 as Maple Shade Township |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Charles Kauffman (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Susan E. Danson |
| • Municipal clerk | Andrea T. McVeigh |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.83 sq mi (9.92 km2) |
| • Land | 3.83 sq mi (9.91 km2) |
| • Rank | 303rd of 565 in state 27th of 40 in county |
| Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 19,980 |
• Estimate (2023) | 20,088 |
| • Rank | 139th of 565 in state 8th of 40 in county |
| • Density | 5,220.8/sq mi (2,015.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 108th of 565 in state 2nd of 40 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08052 |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3400543740 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882094 |
| Website | www |
Maple Shade Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 19,980, an increase of 849 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 19,131, which in turn reflected an increase of 0.3% from the 19,079 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.