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Delaware. Don't look for typical pleasure-boat facilities - there aren't any. However, you may be able to find dock space on either shore where you can tie
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571:, 0.00% (0)
563:, 0.29% (4)
546:
444:Demographics
431:
419:
406:
402:adding to it
397:
331:
330:
29:
1430:communities
1413:Sunset Lake
1408:Silver Lake
1378:Port Norris
1347:Mauricetown
1332:Laurel Lake
1096:County seat
917:, State of
749:October 11,
625:other races
595:2000 census
577:other races
543:2010 census
422:drag racing
332:Port Norris
108: /
1525:Categories
1478:Springtown
1468:Sea Breeze
1453:Cumberland
1443:Buckshutem
1287:Dutch Neck
1282:Dorchester
1252:Cedarville
1219:Stow Creek
1179:Commercial
919:New Jersey
729:References
696:Shell Pile
599:As of the
356:New Jersey
352:U.S. state
322:feature ID
224:Population
181:Commercial
169:Cumberland
157:New Jersey
96:75°02′33″W
93:39°15′02″N
78:New Jersey
1487:Footnotes
1438:Bowentown
1418:West Park
1388:Rosenhayn
1383:Roadstown
1312:Greenwich
1307:Gouldtown
1297:Fortescue
1199:Greenwich
1194:Fairfield
1184:Deerfield
1171:Townships
1126:Millville
1121:Bridgeton
1103:Bridgeton
662:Education
611:, 37.09%
536:2010 2020
428:Geography
409:July 2021
368:Bridgeton
364:Millville
350:, in the
308:FIPS code
296:Area code
272:UTC−04:00
251:UTC−05:00
246:Time zone
216:Elevation
1473:Seabrook
1458:Hesstown
1448:Cohansey
1342:Marlboro
1337:Leesburg
1209:Lawrence
1204:Hopewell
1131:Vineland
1016:Archived
629:Hispanic
619:, 0.20%
615:, 0.13%
360:Vineland
325:02389697
313:34-60510
284:ZIP Code
176:Township
1463:Jericho
1368:Othello
1363:Newport
1292:Fairton
1272:Delmont
1153:Borough
692:Bivalve
591:males.
381:History
122:Country
1398:Seeley
1352:Milmay
1161:Shiloh
1113:Cities
976:NJ.com
684:oyster
633:Latino
529:−19.3%
499:−11.4%
454:Census
334:is an
164:County
154:
133:
1428:Other
1189:Downe
621:Asian
609:White
569:Asian
557:White
524:1,111
514:−8.6%
509:1,377
494:1,507
479:1,701
346:, in
289:08349
232:1,111
144:State
1234:CDPs
751:2022
694:and
547:The
520:2020
505:2010
490:2000
475:1990
463:Note
458:Pop.
338:and
320:GNIS
187:Area
724:up.
715:In
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301:856
265:DST
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