Stockton | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Camden |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Camden |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | February 23, 1859 (as township) |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | May 1, 1894 (as town) |
Extinct Title: | Annexed |
Extinct Date: | March 24, 1899 |
Area Code: | 856 |
Stockton is a neighborhood and former municipality in Camden, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It has a population of 6,479.[1]
Stockton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1859, from portions of Delaware Township (now Cherry Hill). Portions of the township were taken to form Merchantville on March 3, 1874, and Pennsauken Township on February 18, 1892. Based on the results of a referendum that passed on March 22, 1894, Stockton was reincorporated as a town as of May 1, 1894. On March 24, 1899, Stockton was annexed by the City of Camden.[2] [3]