Editing Woolwich Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 21.39 square miles (55.41&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 21.07 square miles (54.58&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.32 square miles (0.83&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (1.50%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /><ref>[https://woolwichtwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/OSRP-Summary-2016.pdf Open Space and Recreation Plan], Woolwich Township. Accessed January 26, 2020. "Woolwich Township has an area of 21.2 square miles with 0.32 square miles (1.5%) of the Township’s area being comprised of water."</ref>

[[Swedesboro, New Jersey|Swedesboro]] is an independent municipality entirely surrounded by the township, making it one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.<ref>DeMarco, Megan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/princeton_merger_voters_to_dec.html "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the [[Princeton, New Jersey]] merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.</ref> The township borders the Gloucester County municipalities of [[East Greenwich Township, New Jersey|East Greenwich Township]], [[Harrison Township, New Jersey|Harrison Township]], [[Logan Township, New Jersey|Logan Township]], [[Oldmans Township, New Jersey|Oldmans Township]], [[Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey|Pilesgrove Township]] and [[South Harrison Township, New Jersey|South Harrison Township]].<ref>[https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Gloucester_MCDs.pdf Municipalities within Gloucester County, NJ], [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]]. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref>

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Asbury, Dilkes Mills, Lippencott, Porches Mill, Robbins, Rulons and Scull.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed April 26, 2015.</ref>