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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Burlington |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Borough |governing_body = Borough Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = William C. Brown, Jr. (term ends December 31, 2015)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Clerk |leader_name1 = Mary Longbottom〔 |established_title = Incorporated |established_date = December 18, 1893 |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 = 2.502 |area_land_km2 = 1.722 |area_water_km2 = 0.780 |area_total_sq_mi = 0.966 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.665 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.301 |area_water_percent = 31.17 |area_rank = 505th of 566 in state 37th of 40 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Riverton borough, Burlington County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 30, 2012.〕〔〔(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Riverton borough ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed August 30, 2012.〕 |population_total = 2779 |population_rank = 458th of 566 in state 33rd of 40 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 August 9, 2013.〕 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = 4179.4 |population_density_rank = 144th of 566 in state 5th of 40 in county〔 |population_est = 2758 |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 11, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 13 |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 = 40.011932 |longd = -75.014735 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 08076-08077〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for Riverton, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed August 30, 2012.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed August 29, 2013.〕 |area_code = 856 exchanges: 303, 786, 829〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Riverton, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed August 29, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3400563660〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed August 30, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0885373〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} Riverton is a borough located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 2,779,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 20 (+0.7%) from the 2,759 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 16 (-0.6%) from the 2,775 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 August 30, 2012.〕 Riverton was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 18, 1893, from portions of Cinnaminson Township, based on the results of a referendum held six days earlier. Portions of the borough were taken to form Palmyra Township on April 19, 1894.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 99. Accessed August 30, 2012.〕 The borough's name is derived from The Riverton Improvement Company, which was established after a group of ten purchased a that would be the site of a planned community with homes erected for many of the founders along the riverfront.〔Hahle, Betty. ("Riverton Borough History" ), Borough of Riverton. Accessed September 24, 2015.〕 It is a dry town, 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.〕 The borough's dry status was an early character of the borough, with a clause inserted starting in 1952 by the Riverton Improvement Company into deeds for all properties in the community that prohibited the sale or manufacture of alcoholic beverages.〔〔Laufer, Joseph M. ("Riverton" ), Burlington County Historian, October 22, 2006. Accessed September 24, 2015. "Riverton was a deed restricted community. Permanent structures on the waterfront were prohibited. Deeds had a liquor clause, prohibiting the sale or manufacture of liquors on any property in the village."〕 The borough is located on the Delaware River and is pedestrian-friendly, with sidewalks, gas lamps, and Victorian architecture. Riverton is home to the Riverton Yacht Club, one of the oldest and still active yacht clubs in the country.〔(Americas's Oldest Yacht Clubs In Order of Year ), YachtClub.com. Accessed August 9, 2013.〕 Many residents' sailboats make their home at this landmark. ==History== Riverton was established in 1851, along the Delaware River, having been laid out by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan. According to architectural historian Henry Russell Hitchcock, Riverton was one of the first totally planned residential subdivision in the United States.〔Pearsall, Richard. ("Riverton: From a summer retreat to year-round town" ), ''Courier-Post'', October 8, 2006. Accessed August 9, 2013. "Thus emerged, on farmland purchased from Joseph Lippincott, one of the first planned, suburban towns in the country."〕 In 1916, Japanese beetles, now a widespread insect pest in the United States, were first discovered in a nursery near Riverton.〔(Emergency and Domestic Programs: Japanese Beetle ), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Accessed December 7, 2006.〕 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「Riverton, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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