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Pennsauken, New Jersey

Pennsauken is in Camden County.

Well-Known Places in Pennsauken

Airport Circle, Betsy Ross Bridge, Burrough-Dover House.

About Pennsauken, New Jersey

Pennsauken Township sits in Camden County, New Jersey, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Incorporated February 18, 1892 from the dissolved Stockton Township, its name likely derives from a Lenni-Lenape word. The township includes Petty's Island in the Delaware River and connects to Philadelphia by the Betsy Ross Bridge. Its industrial parks host a Pepsi bottling plant and J&J Snack Foods.

History of Pennsauken

• Incorporated as a township by the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1892, from portions of the now-dissolved Stockton Township.
• The name probably derives from the Lenni-Lenape term Pindasenauken, generally translated as tobacco pouch.
• Airport Circle, built in 1927 where Routes 130, 30 and 70 meet, is regarded as one of the earliest traffic circles in the United States.

The Pennsauken Economy

• The township's industrial parks include a Pepsi bottling plant and facilities of J&J Snack Foods, maker of the SuperPretzel brand.
• Commercial corridors along U.S. Route 130 and Route 73 anchor much of the local retail and highway-oriented economy.

Community Life in Pennsauken

• Jersey Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champion in 1951-1952, is listed among Pennsauken's notable residents.
• Pennsauken Transit Center, opened October 14, 2013, is an intermodal station connecting NJ Transit's River Line light rail with the Atlantic City Line commuter rail.

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