Newfield, New Jersey
Newfield, New Jersey | |
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Newfield municipal building | |
Map of Newfield highlighted within Gloucester County. Inset: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey. | |
Census Bureau map of Newfield, New Jersey | |
Location in Gloucester County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′04″N 75°00′37″W / 39.551041°N 75.010217°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Gloucester |
| Incorporated | March 8, 1924 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Charles D. Grova Jr. (R, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator / Municipal clerk | Toni Van Camp |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2) |
| • Land | 1.74 sq mi (4.50 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.17% |
| • Rank | 427th of 565 in state 19th of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,774 |
• Estimate (2023) | 1,798 |
| • Rank | 496th of 565 in state 24th of 24 in county |
| • Density | 1,020.6/sq mi (394.1/km2) |
| • Rank | 383rd of 565 in state 14th of 24 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08344 |
| Area code | 856 |
| FIPS code | 3401551390 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885319 |
| Website | www |
Newfield is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,774, an increase of 221 (+14.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,553, which in turn reflected a decline of 63 (−3.9%) from the 1,616 counted in the 2000 census.
Newfield was formed as a borough by the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1924, from portions of Franklin Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 1, 1924. In the weeks before the legislature approved the formation of the borough, a group of 240 residents traveled to Trenton by train to lobby on behalf of the creation of an independent municipality. The borough's name derives from its status as a new-field development.