Place:Westampton, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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NameWestampton
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates40.017°N 74.833°W
Located inBurlington, New Jersey, United States
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Westampton is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 8,813[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 1,596 (+22.1%) from the 7,217 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,213 (+20.2%) from the 6,004 counted in the 1990 Census.

Westampton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1850, from portions of Northampton Township (now known as Mount Holly Township). Portions of the township were taken to form Eastampton Township on February 11, 1880. Its name derives from its original location in the western portion of what was Northampton Township.

The township is the home of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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