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The Human Liberty Bell at Camp Dix, including 25,000 people in 1918. Fort Dix was established on 16 July 1917, as Camp Dix, named in honor of Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, and a former U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and Governor of New York. [13]
FCI Fort Dix is located in Burlington County on the ASA Fort Dix entity of Joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) from Philadelphia. [1] The prison is in the Fort Dix census-designated place, [2] and also within New Hanover Township, New Jersey. [3]
Mid-State Correctional Facility is a New Jersey Department of Corrections state prison for juvenile offenders, located in Wrightstown, New Jersey on the grounds of Fort Dix. The facility opened in 1982. In April 2014, the prison was "closed for renovation". [1]
Springfield Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,245, [8] a decrease of 169 (−5.0%) from the 2010 census count of 3,414, [17] [18] which in turn reflected an increase of 187 (+5.8%) from the 3,227 counted in the 2000 census. [19]
New Hanover Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,367, [8] [9] a decrease of 1,018 (−13.8%) from the 2010 census count of 7,385, [17] [18] which in turn reflected decline of 2,359 (−24.2%) from the 9,744 counted in the 2000 census. [19]
Shamong Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,460, [8] [9] a decrease of 30 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,490, [17] [18] which in turn reflected an increase of 28 (+0.4%) from the 6,462 counted in the 2000 census. [19]
McGuire Air Force Base was established as Fort Dix Airport in 1937 and first opened to military aircraft on 9 January 1941. On 13 January 1948 the United States Air Force renamed the facility McGuire Air Force Base in honor of Major Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. , (1920–1945).
Pemberton Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 26,903, [10] [11] a decrease of 1,009 (−3.6%) from the 2010 census count of 27,912, [22] [23] which in turn reflected a decline of 779 (−2.7%) from the 28,691 total in the 2000 census. [24]