Carneys Point 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 8,637,

Upper Penns Neck Township was formed on July 10, 1721, when Penn's Neck Township was subdivided and Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville Township) was also formed. The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Oldmans Township (February 7, 1881) and Penns Grove borough (March 8, 1894).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 17.78 square miles (46.05&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 16.91 square miles (43.80&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.87 square miles (2.25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (4.88%).

Carneys Point CDP (with a 2020 Census population of 7,841) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Carneys Point Township.

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Biddles Landing, Helms Cove, Iddles Landing, Laytons Lake and Riddles Landing.

The township borders the Salem County municipalities of Mannington Township, Oldmans Township, Pennsville Township, Penns Grove and Pilesgrove Township.

Carneys Point Township is connected to the State of Delaware by the Delaware Memorial Bridges over the Delaware River.

Dupont Chambers Works

The township is home to the Dupont Corporation Chambers Works, a facility covering that was listed No. 4 on the Mother Jones top 20 polluters of 2010, legally discharging over of toxic chemicals into New Jersey and Delaware River waterways. In 2016, the township initiated a $1.1 billion lawsuit against the corporation, accusing it of divesting the Chambers Works to Chemours without first remediating the property as required by law to address the of pollutants emitted into the soil and water in the century that the facility has been in operation.

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