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Waterford Township is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 10,649,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 155 (+1.5%) from the 10,494 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 446 (-4.1%) from the 10,940 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.〕 Waterford Township was originally created by Royal charter on June 1, 1695, while the area was still part of Gloucester County. The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. On March 13, 1844, Waterford Township became one of the original townships in the newly created Camden County. The settlement of Long-a-Coming (today's Berlin borough) along the White Horse Road in Waterford was the new county's first seat, but lost that designation in 1848 when the seat moved to the city of Camden.〔Snyder, 1969. p. 261.〕 Portions of the township were taken over the years to form Delaware Township (on February 28, 1844, now Cherry Hill Township), Chesilhurst (November 26, 1887), Voorhees Township (March 1, 1899) and Berlin Township (March 11, 1910).〔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.〕〔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Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 312. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 22, 2015.〕 The township was named for Waterford, Ireland.〔Prowell, George Reeser. (''The History of Camden County, New Jersey'' ), p. 656. Richards, 1886. Accessed October 22, 2015. "On the 1st of June, 1695, the grand jury of Gloucester County made return to the court in which it was declared that, 'Whereas there was a law made by ye last assembly for dividing ye county into particular townships, therefore they (the jury) agree and order that from Pensaukin or Cropwell River to the lowermost branch of Coopers Creek shall be one constabulary or township,' which received the name of Waterford, it is supposed from a resemblance of the lower part of the territory to a fishing town on the Barrow in Ireland."〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 22, 2015. Listed as "Waterford, England".〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, Waterford Township had a total area of 36.267 square miles (93.932 km2), including 36.041 square miles (93.345 km2) of land and 0.226 square miles (0.586 km2) of water (0.62%).〔〔 Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Atco, Atco Lake, Bishops, Dunbarton, Fisher, Jackson, Louden and Pestletown.〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed October 22, 2015.〕 The township borders the municipalities of Berlin, Berlin Township and Winslow Township in Camden County; Hammonton in Atlantic County; and Evesham Township, Medford Township and Shamong Township in Burlington County.〔(Areas touching Waterford Township ), MapIt. Accessed October 22, 2015.〕 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「Waterford Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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