Corbin City, New Jersey facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Corbin City, New Jersey
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
City
|
||
| City of Corbin City | ||
Head-of-the-River Methodist Episcopal Church
|
||
|
||
Location of Corbin City in Atlantic County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Atlantic County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
|
||
Census Bureau map of Corbin City, New Jersey
|
||
 Corbin City, New Jersey
Location in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Corbin City, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Corbin City, New Jersey
Location in the United States
|
||
| Country |  United States |
|
| State |  New Jersey |
|
| County | Atlantic | |
| Incorporated | March 11, 1922 | |
| Named for | Austin Corbin | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | City | |
| • Body | City Council | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.97 sq mi (23.24 km2) | |
| • Land | 7.70 sq mi (19.94 km2) | |
| • Water | 1.28 sq mi (3.30 km2) 14.23% | |
| Area rank | 221st of 565 in state 12th of 23 in county |
|
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) | |
| Population
(2020)
|
||
| • Total | 471 | |
| • Estimate
(2023)
|
481 | |
| • Rank | 554th of 565 in state 23rd of 23 in county |
|
| • Density | 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km2) | |
| • Density rank | 551st of 565 in state 22nd of 23 in county |
|
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) | |
| ZIP Code |
08270
|
|
| Area code(s) | 609 | |
| FIPS code | 3400115160 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885192 | |
Corbin City is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 471, a decrease of 21 (−4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 492, which in turn reflected an increase of 24 (+5.1%) from the 468 counted in the 2000 census.
Corbin City was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1922, from portions of Weymouth Township. The borough was named for 19th-century banking and railroad entrepreneur Austin Corbin.
Contents
History
The city has been one of several New Jersey municipalities that have considered consolidation. In 2008, Corbin City announced that it was investigating a prospective merger with neighboring Upper Township, across the county line in Cape May County, citing proximity and that Corbin City's children already attend Upper Township schools. There are no municipalities within New Jersey that have incorporated lands within multiple counties, and by 2010 Cape May County's Board of Chosen Freeholders objected to the plan, citing an analysis that the added costs of serving Corbin City would exceed revenues.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 8.97 square miles (23.24 km2), including 7.70 square miles (19.94 km2) of land and 1.28 square miles (3.3 km2) of water (14.23%).
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Buck Hill and Rock Point.
The city borders the municipalities of Egg Harbor Township and Estell Manor in Atlantic County; and Upper Township in Cape May County.
The city is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, a protected natural area of unique ecology covering 1,100,000 acres (450,000 ha), that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation's first National Reserve. All of the city is included either in the state-designated Pinelands area (which includes portions of Atlantic County, along with areas in Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties) or in the Pinelands National Reserve.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 256 | — | |
| 1940 | 220 | −14.1% | |
| 1950 | 238 | 8.2% | |
| 1960 | 271 | 13.9% | |
| 1970 | 258 | −4.8% | |
| 1980 | 254 | −1.6% | |
| 1990 | 412 | 62.2% | |
| 2000 | 468 | 13.6% | |
| 2010 | 492 | 5.1% | |
| 2020 | 471 | −4.3% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 481 | −2.2% | |
| Population sources: 1930–2000 1930 1940–2000 2010 2020 |
|||
Corbin City is the least-populous municipality with the city type of government in New Jersey. While there are municipalities with smaller populations, they are either boroughs, towns, townships or villages.
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 492 people, 185 households, and 130 families in the city. The population density was 64.2 per square mile (24.8/km2). There were 212 housing units at an average density of 27.7 per square mile (10.7/km2). The racial makeup was 97.56% (480) White, 0.41% (2) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 1.22% (6) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.61% (3) from other races, and 0.20% (1) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.46% (17) of the population.
Of the 185 households, 30.3% had children under the age of 18; 53.0% were married couples living together; 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.7% were non-families. Of all households, 24.9% were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.18.
23.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 96.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 92.9 males.
Education
Corbin City is a non-operating school district. Students attend public school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the Upper Township School District, as part of a sending/receiving relationship. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,448 students and 131.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Upper Township Primary School with 492 students in grades Pre-K–2, Upper Township Elementary School with 481 students in grades 3–5 and Upper Township Middle School with 469 students in grades 6–8.
High school students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Ocean City High School in Ocean City as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District, together with students from Longport, Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Upper Township. As of the 2018–2019 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,245 students and 98.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
City public school students are also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township or the Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts, located in Somers Point.
Transportation
_in_Corbin_City,_Atlantic_County,_New_Jersey.jpg)
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the city had a total of 10.44 miles (16.80 km) of roadways, of which 3.52 miles (5.66 km) were maintained by the municipality, 4.55 miles (7.32 km) by Atlantic County and 2.37 miles (3.81 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Route 50 is the main road that passes through the city. The Garden State Parkway is accessible in neighboring Upper Township.
Public transportation
NJ Transit provide bus service in the city on the 315 route that runs between Cape May and Philadelphia.
Media
Two FM radio stations serving the greater Atlantic City area transmit from a site in Corbin City. They are WENJ (97.3), an ESPN Radio affiliate licensed to Millville with studios in Northfield, and WRTQ (91.3), an Ocean City-licensed relay of WRTI in Philadelphia, which programs classical music and jazz.
See also
In Spanish: Corbin City para niños
