Wrightstown is a borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 802 reflecting an increase of 54 (+7.2%) from the 748 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 3,095 (-80.5%) from the 3,843 counted in the 1990 Census.

Wrightstown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 4, 1918, from portions of New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township, based on the results of a referendum held on March 26, 1918. The borough was named for John Wright, an early settler who contributed the land that became the settlement of Wrightstown.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Wrightstown had a total area of 1.768 square miles (4.579 km²), all of which was land.

The borough borders New Hanover Township, North Hanover Township, Pemberton Township, Springfield Township, including McGuire AFB and Fort Dix entities of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

The borough is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, a protected natural area of unique ecology covering 1,100,000 acres (450,000 ha), 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 borough 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.

Jozsef A. Farago, a former mayor of Wrightstown, criticized the 2000 Census data that showed that the borough’s population had dropped 80%, to 748 from 3,843 a decade earlier, noting that the 1990 population had been inflated and that the conversion of Fort Dix to a reserve base had caused a decrease but that the borough’s master plan showed a population of 838.

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 802 people, 309 households, and 189.108 families residing in the borough. The population density was 453.6 per square mile (175.1/km²). There were 348 housing units at an average density of 196.8 per square mile (76.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 47.38% (380) White, 21.07% (169) Black or African American, 0.75% (6) Native American, 5.99% (48) Asian, 0.37% (3) Pacific Islander, 18.70% (150) from other races, and 5.74% (46) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28.05% (225) of the population.

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