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Estell Manor, New Jersey
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City
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Head of the River Church
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| Motto(s):
"Small City Charm in the Pines"
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Location of Estell Manor in Atlantic County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Atlantic County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
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Census Bureau map of Estell Manor, New Jersey
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 Estell Manor, New Jersey
Location in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Estell Manor, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Estell Manor, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | March 14, 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (small municipality) |
| • Body | City Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55.18 sq mi (142.93 km2) |
| • Land | 53.39 sq mi (138.27 km2) |
| • Water | 1.80 sq mi (4.65 km2) 3.26% |
| Area rank | 27th of 565 in state 5th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 1,668 |
| • Estimate
(2023)
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1,679 |
| • Rank | 504th of 565 in state 20th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 31.2/sq mi (12.0/km2) |
| • Density rank | 559th of 565 in state 23rd of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code |
08319
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| Area code(s) | 609 |
| FIPS code | 3400121870 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885212 |
Estell Manor is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region and 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 1,668, a decrease of 67 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 1,735, which in turn reflected an increase of 150 (+9.5%) from the 1,585 counted in the 2000 census.
Estell Manor was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1925, from portions of Weymouth Township.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 55.18 square miles (142.93 km2), including 53.39 square miles (138.27 km2) of land and 1.80 square miles (4.65 km2) of water (3.26%).
Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Estellville, Gibsons Landing, Head of River, Hunters Mill, Oakville, Old Etna Furnace, Russia, Steelmans Landing, Walkers Forge and Warners Mill.
Estell Manor borders the municipalities of Corbin City, Egg Harbor Township, Hamilton Township and Weymouth Township in Atlantic County; and Upper Township in Cape May County; and Maurice River Township in Cumberland 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.
Climate
| Climate data for Estell Manor, New Jersey (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1965–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 75 (24) |
76 (24) |
88 (31) |
97 (36) |
97 (36) |
102 (39) |
107 (42) |
100 (38) |
99 (37) |
95 (35) |
82 (28) |
78 (26) |
107 (42) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 43.2 (6.2) |
45.9 (7.7) |
53.2 (11.8) |
64.5 (18.1) |
73.3 (22.9) |
81.7 (27.6) |
86.5 (30.3) |
84.7 (29.3) |
78.7 (25.9) |
67.4 (19.7) |
57.1 (13.9) |
47.8 (8.8) |
65.3 (18.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 33.1 (0.6) |
35.2 (1.8) |
42.2 (5.7) |
52.6 (11.4) |
62.1 (16.7) |
71.1 (21.7) |
76.2 (24.6) |
74.3 (23.5) |
67.8 (19.9) |
55.9 (13.3) |
46.0 (7.8) |
37.8 (3.2) |
54.5 (12.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 23.0 (−5.0) |
24.5 (−4.2) |
31.2 (−0.4) |
40.8 (4.9) |
51.0 (10.6) |
60.4 (15.8) |
65.9 (18.8) |
64.0 (17.8) |
56.9 (13.8) |
44.4 (6.9) |
35.0 (1.7) |
27.7 (−2.4) |
43.7 (6.5) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −12 (−24) |
−10 (−23) |
−2 (−19) |
17 (−8) |
26 (−3) |
37 (3) |
43 (6) |
39 (4) |
34 (1) |
17 (−8) |
10 (−12) |
−4 (−20) |
−12 (−24) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.81 (97) |
3.39 (86) |
4.98 (126) |
3.83 (97) |
3.52 (89) |
4.14 (105) |
4.68 (119) |
5.52 (140) |
3.93 (100) |
4.53 (115) |
3.54 (90) |
4.74 (120) |
50.61 (1,285) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.1 (15) |
8.2 (21) |
3.4 (8.6) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
trace | 3.6 (9.1) |
22.0 (56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.4 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 124.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 11.4 |
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Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 423 | — | |
| 1940 | 406 | −4.0% | |
| 1950 | 381 | −6.2% | |
| 1960 | 496 | 30.2% | |
| 1970 | 539 | 8.7% | |
| 1980 | 848 | 57.3% | |
| 1990 | 1,404 | 65.6% | |
| 2000 | 1,585 | 12.9% | |
| 2010 | 1,735 | 9.5% | |
| 2020 | 1,668 | −3.9% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 1,679 | −3.2% | |
| Population sources: 1930–2000 1930 1940–2000 2000 2010 2020 |
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2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 1,735 people, 619 households, and 488 families in the city. The population density was 32.5 per square mile (12.5/km2). There were 673 housing units at an average density of 12.6 per square mile (4.9/km2). The racial makeup was 96.48% (1,674) White, 0.92% (16) Black or African American, 0.12% (2) Native American, 1.61% (28) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.17% (3) from other races, and 0.69% (12) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% (18) of the population.
Of the 619 households, 31.7% had children under the age of 18; 66.1% were married couples living together; 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 21.2% were non-families. Of all households, 16.2% were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.13.
23.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 35.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 99.8 males.
Education
Public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade attend the Estell Manor School District at Estell Manor Elementary School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 181 students and 16.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. In the 2016–2017 school year, Estell Manor was the 36th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 172 students.
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Buena Regional High School, which serves students from Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township, together with students from Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township who attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Buena Regional School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 498 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
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
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Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the city had a total of 56.55 miles (91.01 km) of roadways, of which 26.07 miles (41.96 km) were maintained by the municipality, 19.97 miles (32.14 km) by Atlantic County and 10.51 miles (16.91 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Route 49 and Route 50 both pass through Estell Manor, as do County Route 557, County Route 649 and County Route 666.
Public transportation
NJ Transit provides bus service on the 315 route that runs between Cape May and Philadelphia.
See also
In Spanish: Estell Manor para niños
