Place:Lawnside, Camden, New Jersey, United States

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NameLawnside
Alt namesFree Havensource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34003738
Snow Hillsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34003738
TypeBorough
Coordinates39.866°N 75.032°W
Located inCamden, New Jersey, United States
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Lawnside is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,945,[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 253 (+9.4%) from the 2,692 counted in the 2000 Census. In the previous decade, the population of the small community had declined by 149 (-5.2%) from the 2,841 counted in the 1990 Census.

Lawnside was developed in 1840 and incorporated as the first independent, self-governing black municipality north of the Mason-Dixon Line in 1926. The United Parcel Service has a large depot in the borough.

The borough had the 25th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.213% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.

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