Buena Vista

About Buena Vista

Buena Vista Township ( BEW-nə VIST-ə) is a township located in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,033, a decrease of 537 (−7.1%) from the 2010 census count of 7,570, which in turn reflected an increase of 134 (+1.8%) from the 7,436 counted in the 2000 census.

Buena Vista was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1867, from portions of Hamilton Township. Portions of the township were taken on May 23, 1906, to create Folsom, and on September 1, 1948, to create Buena Borough. The name comes from the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista of the Mexican–American War.

The township is headquarters for Troop A of the New Jersey State Police, which covers more than 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2) and 1.7 million residents.

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, 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 a sign placed on U.S. Route 40 commemorating the new name. 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.

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Living in Buena Vista

Median household income

$87,581

Median home value

$227,300

Median age

40.3

Map of Buena Vista

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Buena Vista, NJ population

Buena Vista had 7,033 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Buena Vista at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Buena Vista

• Richland1.6 mi S
• East Vineland2.9 mi SW
• Mizpah3.1 mi SE
• Buena3.6 mi W
• Newtonville3.7 mi N
• Milmay5.2 mi S
• Collings Lakes5.7 mi N
• Folsom6.1 mi N
• Vineland7.1 mi SW
• Newfield7.4 mi W
• Hamilton7.9 mi E
• Dorothy7.9 mi S

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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