Southampton 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 10,317, The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
What is now Southampton was originally incorporated as Coaxen Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1845, from portions of Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly). The name lasted for about three weeks when it was renamed Southampton Township on April 1, 1845. As the population increased, portions of the township were taken to form Pemberton Township (March 10, 1846), Shamong Township (February 19, 1852), Lumberton (March 14, 1860), Woodland Township (March 7, 1866) and Tabernacle Township (March 22, 1901).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 44.44 square miles (115.10 km<sup>2</sup>), including 43.96 square miles (113.85 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.48 square miles (1.25 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (1.08%).
Leisuretowne (2020 Census population of 3,842) and Vincentown (535) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDP) located within Southampton Township. Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Beaverville, Buddtown, Burrs Mill, Chairville, Crescent Heights, Ewansville, Ewingville, Hampton Lakes, Medford Park, Oak Shade, Red Lion, Retreat and Sandtown.
The township borders the Burlington County municipalities of Eastampton, Lumberton, Medford, Pemberton Township, Tabernacle and Woodland Township.
The township is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the Pinelands National Reserve, a protected natural area of unique ecology covering , that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation's first National Reserve. Part of the township is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Burlington County, along with areas in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties.
Climate
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