Welcome to Lumberton Township
This site offers everything you need to know about Lumberton Township, for residents, businesses, and visitors alike. Lumberton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1860, from portions of Medford Township, Southampton Township and Eastampton Township. Portions of the township were taken on March 12, 1924, to form Hainesport. The township was named for its early lumber industry, with pine trees cut down to supply wood used in Philadelphia. Lumberton is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 of 565 municipalities statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state. The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor. As of 2025, members of the Lumberton Township Committee are Mayor Gina LaPlaca (term as Mayor ends 12/31/2025; term on Committee ends 12/31/2026), Deputy Mayor Lori Faye (term as Deputy Mayor ends 12/31/2025, term on Committee ends 12/31/2025), Committeeman Terrance Benson (term ends 12/31/2026), Committeeman Grant Robinson (term ends 12/31/2027) and Committeewoman Amanda Smith (term ends 12/31/2027).
Our History
Lumberton or as it was once known, Lumbertown, was a pioneer settlement. Its name came from the fact that Pine trees were abundant in the vicinity and boats and rafts carried lumber and cord wood from the Rancocas Creek to Philadelphia and other places. There were two or three lumber yards and saw mills at one time. In 1683, Robert Dimsdale, an English physician, bought a tract of land from William Penn on the North side of the Rancocas Creek.
Updates
Local Finance Notice – Winter Termination Program
Winter Termination Program
Note: This Notice is a stand-alone update of the Winter Termination Program section in Local Finance Notice 2023-09. Please review this entire Notice.
Section 4 of P.L. 2021, c. 317 establishes a “Winter Termination Program” in DCA allowing eligible residential customers to avoid service shutoff from November 15 through March 15 for non-payment of water, sewer, or electric service provided by a local unit. Program regulations can be found at N.J.A.C. 5:45. An equivalent program has been established in the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) for investor-owned water and sewer utilities, expanding a pre-existing program applying to electric and gas shutoffs. P.L. 2021, c. 317 requires the DCA Program to substantially reflect the provisions of the BPU version. The DCA Winter Termination Program webpage can be found here.
The prohibition on service shutoffs does not apply to shutoffs necessitated by a “utility emergency,” defined as any condition constituting a potential danger to life, health, or property requiring a local unit to discontinue, interrupt, or maintain the discontinuation or interruption of electric, sewer or water service or that results in an unscheduled discontinuance or interruption in electric, sewer or water service.
Attachments
Anchor Property Tax Relief Assistance – November 19th
Get In-Person ANCHOR Assistance on Tuesday, Nov 19th.
Need help filing for your ANCHOR property tax benefits? There is an in-person ANCHOR assistance event on Tues Nov 19th in Willingboro!
See below for more details! Also please note that the ANCHOR deadline has been extended to Dec 6th.
As always, you can email our office at SenSingleton@njleg.org for assistance.
2025 TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE
in the Municipal Court Room 35 Municipal Drive @ 7:00PM. (with exception of meeting on 2/6/25).
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETINGS
| JANUARY 16th | JULY 10th |
| FEBRUARY 6th (6:55 start), 20th | AUGUST 7th |
| MARCH 6th, 20th | SEPTEMBER 4th, 18th |
| APRIL 3rd, 17th | OCTOBER 2nd, 16th |
| MAY 1st, 15th | NOVEMBER 6th |
| JUNE 5TH | DECEMBER 4th, 18th |
2024 Lumberton Township
Land Development Board Meeting Dates:
February 8, 2024
March 14 , 2024
April 11, 2024
May 9, 2024
June 13, 2024
July 18, 2024 (3rd Thursday)
August 8, 2024
September 12, 2024
October 10, 2024
November 14, 2024
December 12, 2024
2025 Municipal Holiday closures:
- Jan. 1 – New Years Day
- Jan. 20 – Martin Luther King Day
- Feb. 17– Presidents’ Day
- April 18 – Good Friday
- May 26 – Memorial Day
- June 23 – Juneteenth (observed)
- July 7 – Independence Day (observed)
- Sept. 1 – Labor Day
- October 13 – Columbus Day
- Nov. 11 – Veterans Day
- Nov. 27 – Thanksgiving Holiday
- Nov. 28 – Thanksgiving Holiday
- Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
- Dec. 25 – Christmas Holiday
- Dec. 31 – New Years Eve
