Richland, New Jersey

Richland is an unincorporated community located within Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.[3] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08350.

Richland, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Richland
Location within Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County within New Jersey.
Richland
Richland (New Jersey)
Richland
Richland (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°29′30″N 74°52′15″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyAtlantic
TownshipBuena Vista
Elevation
95 ft (29 m)
Population
 • Total825
ZIP code
08350
GNIS feature ID0879677[2]
The area is a major supplier of mint.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08350 was 825.[1]

The Cape May Seashore Lines operates excursion train service from Richland to Tuckahoe, from a scale reproduction of the original Richland Depot, which was removed in the mid-1960s.[4]

Mojito, New Jersey

On April 26, 2004, the Buena Vista Township Committee voted to temporarily rename the community of Richland, a section of Buena Vista Township. For the first half of the month of May 2004, Richland became Mojito, New Jersey, named after the Cuban rum drink. Bacardi had offered to give the township $5,000 for recreation projects in exchange for commemorating the new name with a sign on U.S. Route 40 for those weeks.[5] Richland was chosen because it is home to the family-run Dalponte Farms, a major East Coast supplier of mint, an essential ingredient of the mojito.

Education

Founded in 1959, St. Augustine Preparatory School is an all-male Catholic high school, operated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.[6][7]

Attractions

References
  1. DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA 08350 Archived 2020-02-13 at Archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 10, 2016.
  2. "Richland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  4. Richland-Tuckahoe Service, Cape May Seashore Lines. Accessed December 27, 2016. "The present Richland Village passenger station, along with a crossing watchman's shanty, are situated in the same location as the original structures, which were removed circa 1965 (the original passenger station), and during the 1930's (the original crossing watchman's shanty)."
  5. National Mojito Month, Cocktail Times. Accessed October 8, 2007.
  6. NJAIS / MSA Self-Study Report 2012-2013 Archived 2016-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, St. Augustine Preparatory School. Accessed November 10, 2016. "St. Augustine Preparatory School (locally, 'The Prep') is an independent, all male, Roman Catholic, Augustinian, four-year college preparatory school located in the Richland section of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey."
  7. Catholic Schools Directory, Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. Accessed October 20, 2016.
  8. About Us, Patcong Valley Railroad Museum. Accessed June 29, 2016.
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