Clementon, New Jersey

The amusement park was home to the Jack Rabbit, a wooden roller coaster constructed in 1919 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company.

Though quite tame in comparison to modern steel coasters, it remained popular with park visitors.

Rowands Pond Wildlife Management Area, covering 12.98 acres (5.25 ha), is located in Clementon.

[26] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Brownsville and Gordon Lake.

[28][29][30] The 2010 United States census counted 5,000 people, 2,064 households, and 1,226 families in the borough.

[35][36] Clementon is home to Giambri's Quality Sweets, a long-established candy and chocolate maker that was founded in South Philadelphia in 1942 and moved to New Jersey in the early 1970s.

[6] The borough form of government used by Clementon is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.

The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council.

As of 2024[update], the mayor of the Borough of Clementon is Democrat Thomas J. Weaver, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.

Members of the Clementon Borough Council are Gwendolyn Cantwell (D, 2025), Robert L. Dorsey (D, 2024), Jonathan M. Fisher (D, 2026), Christopher McKelvey (D, 2024; elected to an unexpired term), Christine A. Nucera (D, 2026) and Thomas Shaw (D, 2025).

[47] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 1st congressional district is represented by Donald Norcross (D, Camden).

[50] For the 2024-2025 session, the 6th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by James Beach (D, Voorhees Township) and in the General Assembly by Louis Greenwald (D, Voorhees Township) and Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill).

[59][52][60][61][62] Camden County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill, 2029)[63][64] Sheriff Chuck Billingham (D, Gloucester City, 2027)[65][66] and Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer (D, Gloucester Township, 2025).

[71][72] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 61.9% of the vote (1,276 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 33.9% (700 votes), with 2,063 ballots cast among the borough's 3,049 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.7%.

[73] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 60.7% of the vote (1,183 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 37.0% (721 votes), with 1,949 ballots cast among the borough's 2,780 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.1.

[83][84] The high school also serves the community of Berlin Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

[88] U.S. Route 30 (White Horse Pike) is the main highway serving Clementon.

U.S. Route 30 eastbound in Clementon
Map of New Jersey highlighting Camden County