[18] The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

[19] Delanco was named for the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek, which border the community.

It was originally called Del-Ranco or Delaranco, a syllabic abbreviation later shortened to Delanco.

[25] In April 1861, the Sixth Massachusetts Militia passed through Delanco, on their way to Washington to defend the federal capital.

According to the report of Colonel Edward F. Jones during their travel, James Brady was "taken insane" and left in Delanco Township with J. C. Buck.

[27][28][29] The 2010 United States census counted 4,283 people, 1,755 households, and 1,241 families in the township.

[40] As of the 2000 United States census there were 3,237 people, 1,227 households, and 892 families residing in the township.

Voters approved a measure in 2000 that expanded the Township Committee from three to five members starting in 2002.

[50][51][52] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is currently represented Herb Conaway (D, Delran Township).

[54] For the 2024-2025 session, the 7th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Troy Singleton (D, Palmyra) and in the General Assembly by Carol A. Murphy (D, Mount Laurel).

[55] Burlington County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of five members who are chosen at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year; at an annual reorganization meeting, the board selects a director and deputy director from among its members to serve a one-year term.

[61][56][62][63][64][65] Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are: Clerk Joanne Schwartz (D, Southampton Township, 2028)[66][67] Sheriff James H. Kostoplis (D, Bordentown, 2025)[68][69] and Surrogate Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

[78] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 68.3% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 85.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

[100] Students from Delanco Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton.

[105] Both roads are oriented southwest to northeast parallel to the Delaware River, but are signed north–south.

[106] The Delanco station is located on Rhawn Avenue[107] providing access to the River Line light rail system, offering southbound service to Camden's Walter Rand Transportation Center (with transfers available to the PATCO Speedline to Philadelphia) and the Pennsauken Transit Center (with transfers available to NJ Transit trains to Philadelphia and Atlantic City) and northbound service to the Trenton Rail Station with connections to NJ Transit trains to New York City, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor.

[108] NJ Transit provides bus service in Delanco Township on the 419 route that runs between Camden and Burlington.