Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey

Lower Alloways Creek Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,717,[9] a decrease of 53 (−3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,770,[17][18] which in turn reflected a decline of 81 (−4.4%) from the 1,851 counted in the 2000 census.[19]

Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey
Township
Hancock House in the Hancock's Bridge section of the township
Seal
Motto:  The Heart of South Jersey[1]
Lower Alloways Creek Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 39.450506°N 75.457741°W / 39.450506; -75.457741[2][3]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Salem
Formed	June 17, 1767
Incorporated	February 21, 1798
Government [4]
• Type	Township
• Body	Township Committee
• Mayor	Paul M. Collier (R, term ends December 31, 2023)[5][6]
• Municipal clerk	Ronald L. Campbell Sr.[7]
Area [2]
• Total	72.53 sq mi (187.84 km2)
• Land	45.31 sq mi (117.35 km2)
• Water	27.22 sq mi (70.49 km2)  37.53%
• Rank	14th of 565 in state 1st of 15 in county[2]
Elevation [8]	3 ft (0.9 m)
Population  (2020)[9]
• Total	1,717
• Estimate  (2022)[10]	1,728
• Rank	500th of 565 in state 12th of 15 in county[11]
• Density	37.9/sq mi (14.6/km2)
• Rank	557th of 565 in state 15th of 15 in county[11]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08038 – Hancock's Bridge[12]
Area code(s)	856 exchanges: 339, 935[13]
FIPS code	3403341640[2][14][15]
GNIS feature ID	0882065[16]
Website	www.lowerallowayscreek-nj.gov

PSE&G operates three nuclear reactors in Lower Alloways Creek Township. Salem 1 and Salem 2 are pressurized water reactors at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station has one boiling water reactor.[20] Lower Alloways Creek Township is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold legally.[21][22]