Folsom, New Jersey
Folsom is a borough in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Folsom, New Jersey | |
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Location of Folsom in Atlantic County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Atlantic County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Folsom, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39.596745°N 74.843163°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | May 23, 1906 |
| Named for | Frances Folsom |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Greg Schenker (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Municipal clerk | Patricia M. Gatto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.51 sq mi (22.04 km2) |
| • Land | 8.26 sq mi (21.40 km2) |
| • Water | 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km2) 2.88% |
| • Rank | 226th of 565 in state 14th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,811 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 1,810 |
| • Rank | 494th of 565 in state 19th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2) |
| • Rank | 499th of 565 in state 18th of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08037 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 561, 567, 704 |
| FIPS code | 3400123940 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885222 |
| Website | www |
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,811, a decrease of 74 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 1,885, which in turn reflected a decline of 87 (−4.4%) from the 1,972 counted in the 2000 census.
Folsom was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 23, 1906, from portions of Buena Vista Township. The borough was named for Frances Folsom, wife of President Grover Cleveland.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Folsom as its 19th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.