Contemporary Newton Township included land that later became part of Audubon, Audubon Park, Camden, Collingswood, Gloucester City, Haddon Heights, Haddonfield, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne.

[24] In the late 1830s, a runaway enslaved man, who had taken the surname Saddler to avoid detection by his former master, came to New Jersey from a Maryland plantation with his wife and two daughters.

Saddler worked for Cy Evans, a local Quaker farmer, from whom he bought five acres to farm.

[25] The area where Saddler settled became a predominantly black community known as Saddlertown, a stop on the Underground Railroad.

The downtown portion of the township is known as Westmont, a name probably derived from a noted harness racing horse.

[26] Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Crystal Lake, Cuthbert and Oakdale.

[27] Haddon Township borders the Camden County municipalities of Audubon, Audubon Park, Camden, Cherry Hill (water border), Collingswood, Gloucester City, Haddonfield, Mount Ephraim, and Oaklyn.

[28][29][30] The 2010 United States census counted 14,707 people, 6,226 households, and 3,860 families in the township.

[41] As of the 2000 United States Census,[15] there were 14,651 people, 6,207 households, and 3,891 families residing in the township.

At a reorganization meeting held after the election, each commissioner is assigned responsibility for supervising a specific department.

The commissioners select one of their members to serve as a part-time mayor, who presides over meetings but has no independent executive function.

Jr., (1997 New Jersey State League of Municipalities Mayors Hall of Fame),[45] and Randall Teague.

[3][46][47] Linhart, Mulroy and Teague ran unopposed in the May 2023 municipal election, the fourth consecutive time that township candidates won election to four-year terms, without facing any challengers.

[48] In November 2018, Ryan Linhart was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Paul Dougherty, who resigned the previous month before he pleaded guilty to a criminal charge.

[57][58][59] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 1st congressional district is represented by Donald Norcross (D, Camden).

[62] 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).

At a reorganization meeting held in January after each election, the newly constituted Board of Commissioners selects one member to serve as Director and another as Deputy Director, each serving a one-year term in that role.

[71][64][72][73][74] Camden County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill, 2029)[75][76] Sheriff Chuck Billingham (D, Gloucester City, 2027)[77][78] and Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer (D, Gloucester Township, 2025).

[83][84] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 59.7% of the vote (5,185 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 37.4% (3,244 votes), with 8,685 ballots cast among the township's 10,887 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.8%.

[85] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 58.7% of the vote (5,021 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 39.8% (3,401 votes), with 8,549 ballots cast among the township's 10,762 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 79.4.

The eastern terminus of New Jersey Route 76C is also within the western segment of Haddon Township.