May was followed by settlers from Sweden and Finland before the area ultimately came under British colonial rule. It is part of the South Jersey region of the state.ĭutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May led some of the earliest European settlement in the area. It is located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Philadelphia and 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Atlantic City.ĭeptford Township was named for the Deptford area of London, located on the River Thames.
ĭeptford is a southeastern suburb of Philadelphia, located on the eastern side of the Walt Whitman Bridge, one of several bridges that join Deptford Township with Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city as of 2020. Since then, portions of the township were taken to create Washington Township (February 17, 1836), Woodbury Borough (Manow Woodbury), West Deptford Township (March 1, 1871), Wenonah (March 10, 1883), Westville (April 7, 1914), and Woodbury Heights (April 6, 1915). It was incorporated as a township by the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial 104 townships formed under the Township Act. ĭeptford Township was formed June 1, 1695, and was known initially as Bethlehem.
As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,977, an increase of 1,416 (+4.6%) from the 2010 census count of 30,561, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,798 (+14.2%) from the 26,763 counted in the 2000 census. Deptford Township (pronounced DEP-ford ) is a township in Gloucester County in the U.S.
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