Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, making it the state's 15th largest municipality, having seen an increase of 1,080 residents (1.5%) from its population of 69,965 in the 2000 Census, when it was the state's 13th most populous municipality.
Cherry Hill is in the Delaware Valley coastal plain about five miles (8 km) southeast of...
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Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, making it the state's 15th largest municipality, having seen an increase of 1,080 residents (1.5%) from its population of 69,965 in the 2000 Census, when it was the state's 13th most populous municipality.
Cherry Hill is in the Delaware Valley coastal plain about five miles (8 km) southeast of Philadelphia. Cherry Hill is considered an edge city of Philadelphia.
The area now known as Cherry Hill was originally settled by the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans who coexisted peacefully with the first settlers from England, Quaker followers of William Penn who arrived in the late 17th century. The first settlement was a small cluster of homes named Colestown, in the perimeters of what is now the Colestown Cemetery on the corner of Route 41 (King's Highway) and Church Road. The municipality was founded on February 25, 1844, in Gloucester...
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