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

[22] Named for its early lumber industry, the township supplied Philadelphia with wood from harvested pitch pines.

[23][24] In March 2007, Lumberton was identified as having the most active community of eBay buyers and sellers on a per-capita basis in the United States, with 46,000 items posted on the site over a three-week period by members based in the Lumberton ZIP code 08048.

By the 17th century, European colonists began to settle the southwestern part of the township.

They cleared wooded areas and established farms centered around Fostertown, an unincorporated community.

Eayrestown was founded by Richard and Elizabeth Eayres in the late 1600s and became the first significant settlement in the area.

Over the years, many locals became advocates for the abolition of slavery, first in New Jersey, and then across the entire nation.

Cole, a descendant of the founders of Old Colestown, New Jersey, this house played a crucial part in the Underground Railroad.

Charles Blockson's Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad documents that a fake well in the backyard once served as a refuge for enslaved people.

[29][30][31][32] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Brown, Eayrestown, Fostertown and Newbolds Corner.

[46] As of the 2000 United States census[15] there were 10,461 people, 3,930 households, and 2,731 families residing in the township.

[3][49][50][51][52] In 2020 Gina LaPlaca and Terrance Benson were elected to township committee, giving Democrats a 5-0 majority for the first time in Lumberton history.

LaPlaca and Benson received a record number of votes for a municipal candidate.

[54][55][56] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is currently represented Herb Conaway (D, Delran Township).

[58] For the 2024-2025 session, the 8th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Latham Tiver (R, Southampton Township) and in the General Assembly by Andrea Katz (D, Chesterfield Township) and Michael Torrissi (R, Hammonton).

[59] 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.

[82] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 59.6% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 82.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

[100] For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a comprehensive regional public high school serving students from five communities encompassing approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) and comprised of the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mount Holly and Westampton.

[105][106] Students from Lumberton 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.