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City
Beverly/Edgewater Park station
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Incorporated	March 5, 1850
Named for	Beverley, England
Government
• Type	City
• Body	Common Council
Area
• Total	0.76 sq mi (1.96 km2)
• Land	0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.56 km2)  28.16%
Area rank	524th of 565 in state 38th of 40 in county
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,499
• Estimate  (2023)	2,514
• Rank	469th of 565 in state 34th of 40 in county
• Density	4,617.1/sq mi (1,782.7/km2)
• Density rank	125th of 565 in state 3rd of 40 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08010
Area code(s)	609
FIPS code	3400505740
GNIS feature ID	0885160
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Watercolor painting by Thomas Moran depicting Beverly, New Jersey in the late 1800s

Beverly is a city in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 2,499, a decrease of 78 (−3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 2,577, which in turn had reflected a decline of 84 (−3.2%) from the 2,661 counted in the 2000 census. The city and all of Burlington County constitute a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

Beverly was originally incorporated as a borough on March 5, 1850, within Willingboro Township. Beverly was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 13, 1857, replacing Beverly borough, based on the results of a referendum held that day. Beverly Township, formed in 1859, co-existed alongside Beverly City and was renamed as Delanco Township in 1926. The borough was named for Beverley, England.

The city had the 15th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.550% in 2020, compared to 2.676% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 0.76 square miles (1.96 km²), including 0.54 square miles (1.40 km²) of land and 0.21 square miles (0.56 km²) of water (28.16%).

Beverly borders Delanco Township and Edgewater Park in Burlington County; and Bensalem Township across the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 2,577 people, 1,002 households, and 671 families in the city. The population density was 4,645.4 per square mile (1,793.6/km²). There were 1,086 housing units at an average density of 1,957.7 per square mile (755.9/km²). The racial makeup was 61.66% (1,589) White, 29.88% (770) Black or African American, 0.16% (4) Native American, 0.78% (20) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 2.68% (69) from other races, and 4.85% (125) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.16% (236) of the population.

Of the 1,002 households, 28.4% had children under the age of 18; 38.3% were married couples living together; 23.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.0% were non-families. Of all households, 26.4% were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.10.

23.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.5 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $51,964 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,191) and the median family income was $61,058 (+/− $8,725). Males had a median income of $47,738 (+/− $9,129) and females $40,833 (+/− $13,858). The per capita income was $30,364 (+/− $4,953). About 14.1% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.6% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Beverly City Schools serve students in public school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Beverly City School. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 353 students and 36.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.

For ninth through twelfth grades, students in public school from Beverly and Riverton attend Palmyra High School in Palmyra, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Palmyra Public Schools. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 388 students and 34.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.

Students from Beverly, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton.

Transportation

County Route 543, the most prominent road in Beverly

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the city had a total of 12.53 miles (20.17 km) of roadways, of which 10.84 miles (17.45 km) were maintained by the municipality and 1.69 miles (2.72 km) by Burlington County.

County Route 543 is the most prominent roadway in Beverly.

Public transportation

The Beverly/Edgewater Park station provides service between the Trenton Transit Center in Trenton and the Walter Rand Transportation Center (and other stops) in Camden on NJ Transit's River Line light rail system.

NJ Transit provides bus service on route 419 between Burlington and Camden.

BurLink bus service is offered on the B1 route (between Beverly and Pemberton) and on the B2 route (between Beverly and Westampton).

Points of interest

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Beverly, New Jersey

• Beverly National Cemetery was created in 1863 with the purchase of a single acre of land and was expanded five times from 1936 to 1951, before being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, consecrated by the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey in 1837, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The church, which celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2012, had its tower and steeple renovated at a cost of $450,000 raised from parish members and local organizations.

Notable people

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

• Grace Alekhine (1876–1956), artist and chess master
• Sam Calderone (1926–2006), Major League Baseball catcher who played for three seasons
• John Lowden Knight (1915–2001), professor, university administrator, and a Methodist theologian
• A. Merritt (1884–1943), author best known for his fantasy works
• Barney Schultz (1926–2015), former pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1955 to 1965, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs
• James F. Scott (1942–2020), physicist and research director at the Cavendish Laboratory

See also

In Spanish: Beverly (Nueva Jersey) para niños