Population
- 2000 - 1,631
- 2006 - 1,675
- Change + 2.7%
Property Taxes
- General - 3.475
- Effective - 1.996
Area
- 54.2 sq miles
Offical Downe Township Website
Downe Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 1,631.
What is now Downe Township was formed as a by Royal Charter on January 19, 1748, as Downes Township, from portions of Fairfield Township. Downe Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken to form Commercial Township (February 27, 1874).
Information taken from
State of NJ
Wikipedia
Cumberland County
