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Tavistock, New Jersey

1921 establishments in New JerseyAC with 0 elementsBoroughs in Camden County, New JerseyNew Jersey District Factor Group nonePages with non-numeric formatnum arguments
Populated places established in 1921Tavistock, New JerseyUse American English from March 2020Use mdy dates from March 2020Walsh Act
Tavistock Ln (1), Tavistock, NJ, May 2022
Tavistock Ln (1), Tavistock, NJ, May 2022

Tavistock is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 5, reflecting a decline of 19 (-79.2%) from the 24 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 11 (-31.4%) from the 35 counted in the 1990 Census. As of the 2010 Census it was the smallest municipality by population in New Jersey, with seven fewer residents than nearby Pine Valley, which had 12.Tavistock was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 16, 1921, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township. The name of the borough came from the estate in England of a family of early settlers.The borough was formed in order to allow the members of Tavistock Country Club to play golf on Sundays by members of the Victor Talking Machine Company. This was prohibited at the Haddon Country Club which was governed by a local blue law prohibiting sporting activities on Sundays. Tavistock's secession from Haddonfield, New Jersey, the original site of the club, is said to have been driven by the fact that Haddonfield was (and remains) a dry borough, though Tavistock was formed in 1921 during Prohibition when liquor would have been banned. Members of the club included State Senator Joseph Wallworth and Assembly Speaker T. Harry Rowland, who helped push the bill that created the new municipality to unanimous approval in the New Jersey Legislature.

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Tavistock Country Club

Tavistock Lane
08033 Tavistock
New Jersey, United States
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