Mansfield Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township’s population was 8,544. The population increased by 3,454 (+67.9%) from the 5,090 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,216 (+31.4%) from the 3,874 counted in the 1990 Census.
Mansfield was first formed on November 6, 1688, and reformed by Royal charter on May 9, 1770. Mansfield was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey’s initial group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Fieldsboro (March 7, 1850, within township; became fully independent c. 1894), Bordentown Township (March 8, 1852) and Florence Township (March 7, 1872).
The township was named for Mansfield, England.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 21.907 square miles (56.740 km2), including 21.740 square miles (56.307 km2) of land and 0.167 square miles (0.432 km2) of water (0.76%).
The township borders the Burlington County municipalities of Bordentown Township (to the north and northeast), Chesterfield Township (northeast), Florence Township (southwest) and Springfield Township (south).
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Bishops Barn, Columbus (where the town hall is located), Georgetown, Hedding, Kinkora, Mansfield, Rising Sun Square (also known as Mansfield Square) and Three Tuns. Homestead, a retirement village, consists of 1,200 homes in Columbus.
Liberty Lake is a 6-acre (24,000 m2) freshwater spring-fed lake, that allows boating, swimming and fishing.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 8,544 people, 3,401 households, and 2,452.121 families residing in the township. The population density was 393.0 per square mile (151.7/km2). There were 3,529 housing units at an average density of 162.3 per square mile (62.7/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 79.04% (6,753) White, 10.42% (890) Black or African American, 0.16% (14) Native American, 7.69% (657) Asian, 0.06% (5) Pacific Islander, 0.62% (53) from other races, and 2.01% (172) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.01% (428) of the population.
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