Delran 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 17,882, The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Delran Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 12, 1880, from portions of Cinnaminson Township. Portions of the township were taken to create Riverside Township on February 20, 1895.
The township's name is a portmanteau of the names of the two waterways that have their confluence here: the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 7.25 square miles (18.78 km<sup>2</sup>), including 6.63 square miles (17.17 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.62 square miles (1.61 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (8.58%).
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bridgeboro, Cambridge, Chesterville, Fairview, Milltown and Riverside Park.