Place:Pennsauken (township), Camden, New Jersey, United States

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NamePennsauken (township)
Alt namesPennsauken Township
Pennsaukensource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeTownship
Coordinates39.957°N 75.056°W
Located inCamden, New Jersey, United States
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Pennsauken Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 37,074,[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 1,189 (+3.3%) from the 35,885 counted in the 2010 Census, which had in turn increased by 148 (+0.4%) from the 35,737 counted in the 2000 Census.

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Pennsauken Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1892, from portions of the now-defunct Stockton Township.

The exact origin of the name Pennsauken is unclear, but it probably derives from the language of the Lenni Lenape people (a Native American group which once occupied the area) from "", the Lenape language term for "tobacco pouch". Alternatively, the "Penn" in the township's name refers to William Penn, while "sauk" is a water inlet or outlet.

Pennsauken was home to America's first drive-in movie theater, created in 1933 with the opening of the Camden Drive-In in Pennsauken. It featured the comedy Wives Beware, released in the theaters as Two White Arms.

For 50 years, the township was the home to the Pennsauken Mart, a large multi-vendor indoor market, which was closed in January 2006 to make way for a sports arena/conference complex, however that did not materialize. In its place in 2018 a new high-end luxury apartment complex will be built-Haddon Point. Most of the vendors moved to the Grand Market Place in Willingboro Township.

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