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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Cumberland |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Township |governing_body = Township Committee |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Robert G. Campbell (R, term ends December 31, 2015)〔〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 10, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Clerk |leader_name1 = Nadine Lockley〔(Clerk / Chief Financial Officer ), Downe Township. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕 |established_title = Royal charter |established_date = January 19, 1748 |established_title1 = Incorporated |established_date1 = February 21, 1798 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 140.552 |area_land_km2 = 125.888 |area_water_km2 = 14.664 |area_total_sq_mi = 54.268 |area_land_sq_mi = 48.606 |area_water_sq_mi = 5.662 |area_water_percent = 10.43 |area_rank = 31st of 566 in state 3rd of 14 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Downe township, Cumberland County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Downe township ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕 |population_total = 1585 |population_rank = 510th of 566 in state 11th of 14 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 32.6 |population_density_rank = 559th of 566 in state 14th of 14 in county〔 |population_est = 1552 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 0 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 39.269497 |longd = -75.133318 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 08315 - Dividing Creek 08321 - Fortescue 08345 - Newport 08349 - Port Norris, New Jersey〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed September 3, 2013.〕 |area_code = 856 exchange: 785〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Port Norris, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed March 15, 2015.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3401118220〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0882061〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Downe Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 1,585,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 46 (-2.8%) from the 1,631 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 71 (-4.2%) from the 1,702 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕 What is now Downe Township was formed by Royal charter on January 19, 1748, as Downes Township, from portions of Fairfield Township. Downe Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Commercial Township on February 27, 1874.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 120. Accessed October 22, 2012.〕 Downe Township is a dry township where alcohol cannot be sold.〔New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. New Jersey ABC list of dry towns (May 1, 2013)〕〔Giordano, Rita. ("More towns catching liquor-license buzz; Moorestown considers ending its dry spell" ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', June 24, 2007. Accessed February 16, 2014.〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 54.268 square miles (140.552 km2), including 48.606 square miles (125.888 km2) of land and 5.662 square miles (14.664 km2) of water (10.43%).〔〔 Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Beadons Point, Beaver Dam, Dividing Creek, Dragston, Egg Island Point, False Egg Island Point, Fortescue, Gandys Beach, Little Neck, Money Island (surrounded by the Gandy's Beach nature preserve), Nantuxent Point, Newport, Newport Landing, Newport Neck, Newport Station, Shaws Mill, The Glades and Turkey Point.〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 Fortescue is known as the "weakfish capital of the world".〔(Natural, Undisturbed Beauty of Nature, Right Here in the Northeast Corridor ), accessed April 5, 2007. "Fortescue is also host to one of the East Coast's most popular fishing tournaments, the Fortescue Weakfish Tournament. Fortescue is known as the weakfish capital of the world."〕 The township borders Lawrence Township, Millville, Commercial Township, and the Delaware Bay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Downe Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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