Dennis Township, New Jersey
Dennis Township is a township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,285, a decrease of 182 (−2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 6,467, which in turn reflected a decline of 25 (−0.4%) from the 6,492 counted in the 2000 census.
Dennis Township, New Jersey | |
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Location of Dennis Township in Cape May County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Cape May County in New Jersey highlighted in red (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Dennis Township, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 39.206555°N 74.818386°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Cape May |
| Incorporated | March 1, 1827 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Body | Township Committee |
| • Mayor | Zeth Anthony Matalucci (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Jessica Bishop |
| • Municipal clerk | Jacqueline Justice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63.94 sq mi (165.61 km2) |
| • Land | 60.42 sq mi (156.49 km2) |
| • Water | 3.52 sq mi (9.12 km2) 5.51% |
| • Rank | 19th of 565 in state 3rd of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 6,285 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 6,247 |
| • Rank | 335th of 565 in state 5th of 16 in county |
| • Density | 104.0/sq mi (40.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 539th of 565 in state 16th of 16 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08214 – Dennisville |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 624, 861 |
| FIPS code | 3400917560 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882046 |
| Website | www |
Dennis Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1827, from portions of Upper Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Sea Isle City borough (May 22, 1882) and Woodbine borough (March 3, 1903).
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Dennis Township as its 20th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.