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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 = William Reinhart (term ends December 31, 2015)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 11, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Clerk |leader_name1 = Lisa Garrison〔 |established_title = Established |established_date = January 19, 1748 |established_title1 = Incorporated |established_date1 = February 21, 1798 |named_for = Greenwich, England |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 = 48.780 |area_land_km2 = 46.202 |area_water_km2 = 2.578 |area_total_sq_mi = 18.834 |area_land_sq_mi = 17.839 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.995 |area_water_percent = 5.29 |area_rank = 153rd of 566 in state 11th of 14 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Greenwich township, Cumberland County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Greenwich township ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕 |population_total = 804 |population_rank = 544th of 566 in state 13th 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 23, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 45.1 |population_density_rank = 557th of 566 in state 13th of 14 in county〔 |population_est = 802 |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 = 20 |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 = 39.396273 |longd = -75.367551 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 08323〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Greenwich, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕〔(Greenwich U. S. Post Office ), Historic Greenwich. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed September 9, 2013.〕 |area_code = 856 exchanges: 451, 453, 455〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Greenwich, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 9, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3401128170〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed October 23, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0882058〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Greenwich Township (pronounced "Green-witch"〔) is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 804,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 43 (-5.1%) from the 847 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 64 (-7.0%) from the 911 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 23, 2012.〕 It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. == History == Greenwich Township was first formed as a precinct on January 19, 1748, and 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 Hopewell Township and Stow Creek Township were annexed in 1845.〔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 23, 2012.〕 The township was named for Greenwich, England.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 31, 2015.〕〔Herman, Jennifer (''New Jersey Encyclopedia'' ), p. 281. State History Publications, 2008. ISBN 9781878592446. Accessed August 31, 2015.〕 In 1774, during the run-up to the American Revolutionary War, the small community on the Cohansey River was the site of the Greenwich Tea Party, in which a load of tea meant to be sent overland into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was torched in the night.〔(The Burning of the Tea at Cohansey. ), accessed June 8, 2006.〕〔Rose, Lisa. ("Flashback to great 'tea burning' of 1774, the pride of a South Jersey town" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', June 29, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2014. "The small town of Greenwich in Cumberland County was the site of a tea burning protest against the British in 1774."〕 After the Revolutionary War, the pronunciation of the town was changed to Green-witch to differentiate itself from its English namesake.〔("TOWN PINS HOPES ON RIVER PORT BUT ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR LOSS OF A LIFESTYLE" ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', October 21, 1990. Accessed March 7, 2011. "They carved the town out of the state's southwestern forests, pronouncing the name 'Green-witch' because the more traditional 'Gren-itch' sounded too British."〕 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「Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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