Audubon Park is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 1,023, reflecting a decline of 79 (-7.2%) from the 1,102 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 48 (-4.2%) from the 1,150 counted in the 1990 Census.
Audubon Park was incorporated as a borough on July 3, 1947, from portions of Audubon Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on October 28, 1947, making it the most recently created municipality in Camden County. Audubon Park is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold.
udubon Park was established as a community within Audubon in 1941 with the construction of 500 housing units for employees of New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey. It is named for naturalist John James Audubon. This was the first of eight projects undertaken by the Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division of the Federal Works Agency under the leadership of Colonel Lawrence Westbrook. Residents of Audubon, seeking to rid itself of the development’s Democratic voters and its public school students, pushed for and passed a referendum to form Audubon Park in 1947. The Audubon Mutual Housing Corporation owns and administers all property in the borough and in turn is responsible for renting homes to residents.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,023 people, 493 households, and 282 families residing in the borough. The population density was 7,046.7 per square mile (2,720.7/km2). There were 499 housing units at an average density of 3,437.3 per square mile (1,327.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.95% (1,002) White, 0.29% (3) Black or African American, 0.10% (1) Native American, 0.29% (3) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.10% (1) from other races, and 1.27% (13) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.05% (21) of the population.
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