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Tavistock is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 5,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 19 (-79.2%) from the 24 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 11 (-31.4%) from the 35 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 12, 2012.〕 As of the 2010 Census it was the smallest municipality by population in New Jersey, with seven fewer residents than nearby Pine Valley, which had 12.〔Staff. ("N.J.'s population shifting to coast, south" ), ''USA Today'', February 27, 2011. Accessed October 28, 2014.〕 Tavistock was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 16, 1921, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 109. Accessed October 12, 2012.〕 The name of the borough came from the estate in England of a family of early settlers.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 11, 2015.〕〔Greenblatt, Sarah. ("Tavistock: No golf on Sunday? Hah!" ), ''The Courier-Post'', October 18, 2006. Accessed October 11, 2015. "1917: Two sons of the prominent Gill Hopkins family of Baltimore that established Johns Hopkins University inherit the property, which has by now become a summer home renamed Tavistock, in honor of a family estate in England."〕 The borough was formed for the purpose of allowing the members of Tavistock Country Club the ability to play golf on Sundays. This was prohibited at the Haddon Country Club which was governed by a local blue law prohibiting sporting activities on Sundays.〔Rothschild, Barbara S. ("Haddonfield: Quaker roots run deep" ), ''Courier-Post'', October 19, 2006. Accessed June 25, 2008. "Another ban, in the form of blue laws, prohibited Sunday golfing, which led to the incorporation of Tavistock -- primarily a country club -- as a separate borough in 1921."〕 Tavistock's secession from Haddonfield, New Jersey, the original site of the club, is said to have been driven by the fact that Haddonfield was (and remains) a dry borough, though Tavistock was formed in 1921 during Prohibition when liquor would have been banned.〔Strauss, Robert. ("Ready, Set, Get Ready" ), ''The New York Times'', May 14, 2000. Accessed June 25, 2008. "Local legend has it that Tavistock, the club and the town (population 10), seceded from nearby Haddonfield in a dispute over whether the club could serve liquor in otherwise dry Quaker Haddonfield."〕〔Staff. ("No golf on Sunday? Ha! They fixed that fast" ), ''Courier-Post'', May 4, 2008. Accessed June 25, 2008. "In their 1989 book, "Lost Haddonfield," the historians noted Tavistock was established in 1921, when Prohibition prevented alcohol from being sold anywhere legally.... The Haddonfield Public School District serves children who live in Tavistock."〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, Tavistock borough had a total area of 0.257 square miles (0.664 km2), including 0.254 square miles (0.658 km2) of land and 0.003 square miles (0.007 km2) of water (0.99%).〔〔 The borough borders Barrington, Haddonfield, and Lawnside. 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「Tavistock, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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