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Wrightstown is a borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 802〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 54 (+7.2%) from the 748 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 3,095 (-80.5%) from the 3,843 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 September 3, 2012.〕 Wrightstown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 4, 1918, from portions of New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township, based on the results of a referendum held on March 26, 1918.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 100. Accessed September 3, 2012.〕 The borough was named for John Wright, an early settler who contributed the land that became the settlement of Wrightstown.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed November 8, 2015.〕〔Comegno, Carol. ("Wrightstown: Town linked to bases" ), ''Courier-Post'', October 19, 2006. Accessed November 8, 2015. "1732 to 1742: John Wright, an early settler, buys a large tract of land to farm. He donates land to establish a town and it later takes his name."〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, Wrightstown had a total area of 1.768 square miles (4.579 km2), all of which was land.〔〔 The borough borders New Hanover Township, North Hanover Township, Pemberton Township, Springfield Township, including McGuire AFB and Fort Dix entities of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.〔(Areas touching Wrightstown ), MapIt. Accessed December 29, 2014.〕 The borough 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 December 1, 2013.〕 Part of the borough 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 December 1, 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「Wrightstown, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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