The oldest community in Washington Township, Grenloch Terrace, was a thriving Lenape Native American settlement called Tetamekon. In 2008, CNN/Money and Money Magazine ranked Washington Township 58th on its list of the 100 Best Cities to Live in the United States. Another municipality, Washington Borough, is completely surrounded by Washington Township, Warren County.
It is one of five municipalities in the state of New Jersey with the name Washington Township. The township was named for George Washington, one of more than ten communities statewide named for the first president. Additional transfers to Gloucester Township were made in 19. Most of Washington Township, along with all of Monroe Township, was moved back into Gloucester County on February 28, 1871, with the remaining portions of Washington Township that were still in Camden County being transferred to Gloucester Township. Monroe Township was created on March 3, 1859, from part of the township. The township officially moved to the newly created Camden County on March 13, 1844. Washington Township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 17, 1836, from portions of Deptford Township. For 2019, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 47,753. In the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 48,559, reflecting an increase of 1,445 (+3.1%) from the 47,114 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 5,154 (+12.3%) from the 41,960 counted in the 1990 Census. Washington Township is a township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
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