Barrington

Barrington, New Jersey
—  Borough  —
Barrington highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Barrington, New Jersey
Coordinates: 39°52′13″N 75°03′10″W / 39.87028°N 75.05278°W / 39.87028; -75.05278Coordinates: 39°52′13″N 75°03′10″W / 39.87028°N 75.05278°W / 39.87028; -75.05278
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Camden
Incorporated	April 17, 1917
Government
• Type	Borough (New Jersey)
• Mayor	John Rink
Area
• Total	1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Land	1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	62 ft (19 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	6,983
• Density	4,411.4/sq mi (1,703.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	08007
Area code(s)	856
FIPS code	34-03250[2][3]
GNIS feature ID	0885149[4]
Website	http://www.barringtonboro.com/

Barrington is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 6,983.^[5]

Barrington was incorporated as a borough on March 27, 1917, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 17, 1917. Portions of the borough were taken on March 24, 1926, to form Lawnside.^[6]

Geography

Barrington is located at 39°52′14″N 75°03′09″W / 39.870480°N 75.052575°W / 39.870480; -75.052575 (39.870480, -75.052575).^[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it land.

Barrington borders Bellmawr, Haddon Heights, Haddonfield, Lawnside, Magnolia, Runnemede, and Tavistock.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 7,084 people, 3,028 households, and 1,831 families residing in the borough. The population density was 4,411.4 people per square mile (1,698.8/km²). There were 3,164 housing units at an average density of 1,970.3 per square mile (758.8/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.61% White, 4.16% African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.44% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.07% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.84% of the population.

There were 3,028 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the borough the population was spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $45,148, and the median income for a family was $59,706. Males had a median income of $41,211 versus $31,927 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $24,434. About 0.4% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Barrington is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.^[9]

As of 2011^[update], the Mayor of the Borough of Barrington is John Rink. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Robert Klaus, Maureen Bergeron, Robert DelVecchio, Kirk Popiolek, Tom Quackenbush and Harry Vincent.^[10]

Federal, state and county representation

Barrington is in the 1st Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district.^[11] The legislative district was kept unchanged by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission based on the results of the 2010 Census.^[5]

New Jersey's First Congressional District is represented by Rob Andrews (D, Haddon Heights). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken)., who has his South Jersey office in the borough.

5th district of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Donald Norcross (D, Camden) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Angel Fuentes (D, Camden) and Gilbert "Whip" Wilson (D, Camden).^[12] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).^[13] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).^[14]

Camden County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, its seven members elected at-large to three-year terms office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year.^[15] As of 2011, Camden County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. (Collingswood, term ends December 31, 2011)^[16], Freeholder Deputy Director Edward McDonnell (Pennsauken Township, 2013)^[17], Riletta L. Cream (Camden, 2011)^[18], Rodney A. Greco (Gloucester Township, 2012)^[19], Ian K. Leonard (Camden, 2012)^[20], Jeffrey L. Nash (Cherry Hill, 2012)^[21] and Carmen Rodriguez (Merchantville, 2013).^{[22][23][24][25]}

Education

The Barrington Public Schools serve public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[26]) are Avon Elementary School for grades K-5 (230 students) and Woodland School for grades 6 through 8 (353 students).

For grades 9-12, public school students attend Haddon Heights High School, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from the neighboring communities of Barrington and Lawnside who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District.^[27]

St. Francis De Sales Regional School is an elementary school that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden^[28]

Commerce

Long-time home of the Edmund Scientific Corporation, 1942-2001.

Transportation

New Jersey Transit bus service is available to Philadelphia on the 403 route, with local service on the 451 and 455 routes.^[29]

A couple of major roads pass through. Interstate 295 passes through briefly with Exit 29 connecting the expressway with U.S. Route 30 and Route 41. The New Jersey Turnpike passes through, but the closest exit is Interchange 3 in neighboring Bellmawr/Runnemede.

References

External links

• Barrington Borough web site
• Barrington Public Schools
• Barrington Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Barrington Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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