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

[22][23] The township was named for a tabernacle constructed by missionaries David and John Brainerd.

[28] In 1803, William Wilkins sold land to 28 individuals for the creation of Tabernacle Cemetery, which was located adjacent to the church.

A sawmill was constructed in the Friendship area in the early 1700s, and around 1860, Gilbert Knight built the Knight-Pepper House near the Town Hall.

In the 1880s, the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church was constructed on the original site, where it still stands today.

By 1980, the population had nearly tripled to 6,236, reflecting the rapid suburbanization of the Delaware Valley in South Jersey.

[2][3] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Apple Pie Hill, Bozuretown, Carranza Memorial, Eagle, Fairview, Fox Chase, Friendship, Hampton Gate, Harris, Oriental, Paisley, Pine Crest, Sandy Ridge, Sooy Place, South Park, Speedwell and White Horse Station.

[36] The 2010 United States census counted 6,949 people, 2,375 households, and 1,978 families in the township.

[44] As of the 2000 United States census[15] there were 7,170 people, 2,346 households, and 2,010 families residing in the township.

Brown (R, 2023), Noble McNaughton (R,2025;appointed to serve an unexpired term), William J. Sprague Jr. (R, 2025).

[4][53][54][55][56] The township committee appointed Noble McNaughton in February 2023 to fill the seat expiring in December 2025 that had been held by Robert C.

[57] In January 2022, the Township Committee appointed Mark Hartman to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held Matthew Baals until he resigned the previous month, shortly after taking office, citing "time commitment issues".

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

[64] 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).

[65] 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.

[71][66][72][73][74][75] Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are: Clerk Joanne Schwartz (D, Southampton Township, 2028)[76][77] Sheriff James H. Kostoplis (D, Bordentown, 2025)[78][79] and Surrogate Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

[88] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 72.3% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 95.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

[108] Students from Tabernacle 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.

[112] The Atlantic City Expressway, Garden State Parkway, Interstate 295 and New Jersey Turnpike are all accessible two towns away.