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North Hanover Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 7,678,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 331 (+4.5%) from the 7,347 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 2,647 (-26.5%) from the 9,994 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 June 26, 2012.〕 North Hanover Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1905, from portions of New Hanover Township. Portions of the township were taken on March 4, 1918, to form Wrightstown.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 98. Accessed June 26, 2012.〕〔Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. (''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed : and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 208. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed September 11, 2015. "NORTH HANOVER TOWNSHIP Created out of township of New Hanover, Burlington county. Appr. Apr. 12, 1905. (L., p. 250)."〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 17.423 square miles (45.126 km2), including 17.284 square miles (44.766 km2) of land and 0.139 square miles (0.359 km2) of water (0.80%).〔〔 McGuire Air Force Base is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in portions of both New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township that had a 2010 Census total population of 3,710,〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for McGuire AFB CDP, Burlington County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 26, 2012〕 of which 2,973 were in the North Hanover portion of the CDP and 737 were in New Hanover.〔(''New Jersey: 2010Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing'' ), United States Census Bureau, Issued August 2012. Accessed December 11, 2014.〕 Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Arneytown, Ellisdale, Jacobstown, Sykesville and Wrightstown.〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 The township borders Chesterfield Township, New Hanover Township and Springfield Township in Burlington County; Hamilton Township in Mercer County; Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County; and Plumsted Township in Ocean County.〔(Areas touching North Hanover Township ), MapIt. Accessed December 28, 2014.〕 The township is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, a protected natural area of unique ecology covering , that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation's first National Reserve.〔(The Pinelands National Reserve ), New Jersey Pinelands Commission. Accessed November 28, 2013.〕 Part of the township is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Burlington County, along with areas in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties.〔(Pinelands Municipalities ), New Jersey Pinelands Commission, April 2003. Accessed November 28, 2013.〕 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「North Hanover Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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