Tavistock, New Jersey

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Tavistock, New Jersey
Borough
Tavistock Country Club clubhouse
Tavistock Country Club clubhouse
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Tavistock highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Tavistock highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Tavistock, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Tavistock, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 39°52′35″N 75°01′47″W / 39.876265°N 75.029807°W / 39.876265; -75.029807Coordinates: 39°52′35″N 75°01′47″W / 39.876265°N 75.029807°W / 39.876265; -75.029807[1][2]
CountryFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
StateTemplate:Country data New Jersey
CountyCamden
IncorporatedFebruary 16, 1921
Government
[6]
 • TypeWalsh Act
 • BodyBoard of Commissioners
 • MayorJoseph Del Duca (term ends December 31, 2025)[3][4]
 • Administrator / Municipal clerkDenise K. Moules[5]
Area
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 • TotalTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
 • LandTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp
 • WaterTemplate:Infobox settlement/areadisp  1.07%
Area rank555th of 565 in state
34th of 37 in county[1]
Elevation
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Population
 (2020)[9]
 • Total9
 • Estimate 
(2023)[10]
7
 • Rank564th of 565 in state
37th of 37 in county[11]
 • DensityTemplate:Infobox settlement/densdisp
 • Density rank558th of 565 in state
36th of 37 in county[11]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
08033 – Haddonfield[12]
Area code(s)856[13]
FIPS code3400772240[1][14][15]
GNIS feature ID0885416[1][16]
Websitewww.tavistocknj.org

Tavistock is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9,[9] an increase of 4 (+80.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5,[17][18] which in turn reflected a decline of 19 (−79.2%) from the 24 counted in the 2000 census.[19] As of the 2020 census, Tavistock's population was the second-smallest municipal population in the state of New Jersey; Walpack Township had a population of 7.[9]

Tavistock was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 16, 1921. Its territory was drawn from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township.[20] The name of the borough came from the estate in England of a family of early settlers.[21][22]

The borough was formed in order to allow the members of Tavistock Country Club to play golf on Sundays by members of the Victor Talking Machine Company.[23] This was prohibited at the Haddon Country Club, which was governed by a local blue law prohibiting sporting activities on Sundays.[24] 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.[25][26] Members of the club included State Senator Joseph Wallworth and Assembly Speaker T. Harry Rowland, who helped push the bill that created the new municipality to unanimous approval in the New Jersey Legislature.[23]

Geography

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Gill Homestead in Tavistock in 1936

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.28 square miles (0.71 km2), including 0.27 square miles (0.71 km2) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01 km2) of water (1.07%).[1][2]

The borough borders Barrington, Haddonfield, and Lawnside.[27][28][29]

Transportation

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The southbound New Jersey Turnpike in Tavistock

Roads and highways

As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 0.17 miles (0.27 km) of roadways, all of which is maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[30]

Interstate 295 passes through but the nearest interchange is immediately over the border in neighboring Haddonfield.[31] The New Jersey Turnpike runs briefly through Tavistock, although the nearest exit is for Bellmawr and Runnemede.[32] The road serving the borough's residences and the country club, Tavistock Lane, sits on the border of Tavistock and Haddonfield.[33]

Public transportation

NJ Transit local bus service is available on the 451 route between Camden and the Lindenwold station.[34][35]

Demographics

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2010 census

The 2010 United States Census counted 5 people in 3 households. Two households consisted of married couples and the third was a male over 65 years of age living alone. The population density was 19.7 per square mile (7.6/km2). The borough contained 3 housing units at an average density of 11.8 per square mile (4.6/km2). All residents were white. Two residents were aged 25 to 44 and three were older than 65. The median age was 66.3 years.[17]

Government

Local government

File:Tavistock, NJ borough hall, Dec. 2024.jpg
Tavistock Borough Hall inside the confines of the country club

Tavistock operates under the Walsh Act form of New Jersey municipal government. The borough is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the commission form of government.[36] The governing body is comprised of three non-partisan commissioners, who are elected at-large on a non-partisan basis to concurrent four-year terms of office as part of the May municipal election. Each commissioner is assigned a specific department to head in addition to their legislative functions and one commissioner is chosen to serve as mayor.[6] Tavistock has been governed under the Walsh Act by a three-member commission, since 1928.[37][38]

As of 2023, Tavistock's commissioners are Mayor Joseph Del Duca, Colin Mack-Allen and Mindy Del Duca, all serving concurrent terms of office ending December 31, 2025.[3][39][40]

In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $31,376, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide and more than double the average bill of $15,182 in runner-up Haddonfield.[41]

Federal, state and county representation

Tavistock is located in the 1st Congressional District[42] and is part of New Jersey's 6th state legislative district.[43][44][45]

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Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of seven registered voters in Tavistock, of which none were registered as Democrats, six (85.7%) were registered as Republicans and one (14.3%) was registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.[46]

United States presidential election results for Tavistock[47]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
"text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Tie |2024 4 50.00% 4 50.00% 0 0.00%
2020 0 0.00% 5 100.00% 0 0.00%
2016 1 12.50% 5 62.50% 2 25.00%
2012 2 66.67% 1 33.33% 0 0.00%
2008 5 71.43% 2 28.57% 0 0.00%
2004 8 88.89% 1 11.11% 0 0.00%

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No votes were cast in the 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey.

Education

Tavistock is a non-operating school district.[48] Public school students in Tavistock are served by the Haddonfield Public Schools in the adjoining community of Haddonfield as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[26] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,749 students and 215.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[49]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Camden County, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Tavistock include:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Who's Who, Borough of Tavistock. Accessed June 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Contact, Borough of Tavistock. Accessed June 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 33.
  7. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ Template:Gnis, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named LWD2020
  10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PopEst
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
  12. ↑ Look Up a ZIP Code for Tavistock, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed October 12, 2012.
  13. ↑ Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Tavistock, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed November 6, 2013.
  14. ↑ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  15. ↑ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
  16. ↑ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Census2010
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named LWD2010
  19. ↑ 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 May 1, 2023.
  20. ↑ 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 May 30, 2024.
  21. ↑ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 11, 2015.
  22. ↑ Greenblatt, Sarah. "Tavistock: No golf on Sunday? Hah!"[permanent dead link], 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."
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Duhart, Bill. "The smallest town in N.J. (just 3 houses!) is the epitome of home rule", NJ.com, May 2018. Accessed September 22, 2019. "That's where Frank Middleton came in. He was an executive of the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden two decades into the 20th Century.... Middleton — a member of the Haddon Country Club saddled with Sunday Blue Laws that prohibited sports — had a new plan. He bought a 180-acre stretch of former farmland just over the Haddonfield borough line in 1920, on the edge of what was then Centre Township."
  24. ↑ Rothschild, Barbara S. "Haddonfield: Quaker roots run deep"[dead link], 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."
  25. ↑ Strauss, Robert. "Ready, Set, Get Ready", The New York Times, May 14, 2000. Accessed September 22, 2019. "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."
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Staff. "No golf on Sunday? Ha! They fixed that fast"[permanent dead link], 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."
  27. ↑ Areas touching Tavistock Archived September 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, MapIt. Accessed March 14, 2020.
  28. ↑ Municipalities within Camden County, NJ, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Accessed March 14, 2020.
  29. ↑ New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.
  30. ↑ Camden County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed November 6, 2013.
  31. ↑ Interstate 295 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, February 2008. Accessed November 6, 2013.
  32. ↑ New Jersey Turnpike Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, January 1997. Accessed November 6, 2013. Both the Census Bureau map above and one provided by Google Maps shows the Turnpike passing through the southeast corner of the borough, but this is not shown in the diagram here.
  33. ↑ Camden County (PDF) (Map). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  34. ↑ Camden County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed October 12, 2012.
  35. ↑ South Jersey Transit Guide Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Cross County Connection, as of April 1, 2010. Accessed October 28, 2014.
  36. ↑ Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Archived June 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.
  37. ↑ "The Commission Form of Municipal Government" Archived 2015-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.
  38. ↑ "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey" Archived June 4, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, p. 8. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.
  39. ↑ 2023 Municipal Data Sheet, Borough of Tavistock. Accessed June 8, 2023.
  40. ↑ 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Election Results, Camden County, New Jersey, update November 15, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.
  41. ↑ Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.’s 21 counties", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Haddonfield Borough was $15,182 in 2018, the highest* in Camden County.... *The average property tax bill in Tavistock, which was formed in 1921 so members of the Tavistock Country Club could play golf on Sundays, was $31,736 last year. Although, technically, it is listed as a municipality, with just three homes and fewer than a dozen residents who live near the golf course, it is in a unique category."
  42. ↑ Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
  43. ↑ Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.
  44. ↑ 2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.
  45. ↑ Districts by Number for 2011-2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.
  46. ↑ Voter Registration Summary - Camden, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2012.
  47. ↑ "NJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive". nj.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  48. ↑ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2009.
  49. ↑ District information for Haddonfield School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.

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