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The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua (Italian: Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate located in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Placed under the sovereignty of the House of Gonzaga since its erection in 1433, it was further raised to Duchy in 1530. History
The House of Gonzaga (US: / ɡ ə n ˈ z ɑː ɡ ə, ɡ ɒ n-,-ˈ z æ ɡ-/, Italian: [ɡonˈdzaːɡa]) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy).
- 1328; 695 years ago
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Mantua Township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1853, from portions of Greenwich Township. Portions of the township were taken to form East Greenwich Township (February 10, 1881) and Pitman (May 24, 1905). The township is named after Mantua, Italy or for a Mantua sub-tribe of the Lenape Native Americ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 16.09 square miles (41.67 km2), including 16.01 square miles (41.45 km2) of land and 0.09 square miles (0.22 km2) of water (0.53%). Richwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within portions of both Harrison Township and Mantua Township. The...
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 15,217 people, 5,719 households, and 4,169 families in the township. The population density was 960.1 per square mile (370.7/km2). There were 5,980 housing units at an average density of 377.3 per square mile (145.7/km2). The racial makeup was 94.24% (14,340) White, 2.50% (380) Black or African American, 0.20% (31) Native American, 1.10% (168) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 0.66% (100) from other races, and 1.29% (197) from two or more races. Hispanic...
2000 census
As of the 2000 census, there were 14,217 people, 5,265 households, and 3,948 families residing in the township. The population density was 894.3 inhabitants per square mile (345.3/km2). There were 5,411 housing units at an average density of 340.4 per square mile (131.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 95.81% White, 2.07% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.28% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latinoof any race were 1.26% of the po...
Tall Pines State Preserve is a 111-acre (45 ha) nature preserve that opened in November 2015 as Gloucester County's first state park and is located along the border of Deptford Townshipand Mantua Township. Originally a forest that was turned into an asparagus field and then a golf course, the land was preserved through efforts of South Jersey Land ...
Local government
Mantua Township is governed under the Township form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) 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 el...
Federal, state, and county representation
Mantua Township is located in the 1st Congressional Districtand is part of New Jersey's 3rd state legislative district. For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 1st congressional district is represented by Donald Norcross (D, Camden). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs, term ends 2025). For the 2024-2025 session, the 3rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is repres...
Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 10,232 registered voters in Mantua Township, of which 3,493 (34.1%) were registered as Democrats, 2,020 (19.7%) were registered as Republicans and 4,712 (46.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 7 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.3% of the vote (3,855 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.2% (3,692 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (117 votes), among...
Children in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade for public school are served by the Mantua Township School District. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,256 students and 135.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1. Schools in the district (with 2022–23...
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 91.85 miles (147.82 km) of roadways, of which 53.92 miles (86.78 km) were maintained by the municipality, 31.21 miles (50.23 km) by Gloucester County and 6.72 miles (10.81 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 45 and Route 55 are the main highways serving Mantua Township. County Route 553 and County Route 553 Alternatealso traverse the township.
Public transportation
NJ Transit bus service is available in the township between Bridgeton and Philadelphia on the 410 route and between Sewell and Philadelphia on the 412route.
"Giants FB Ryan D'Imperio, a former Rutgers standout, retires", The Star-Ledger, August 13, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2013. "Giants fullback Ryan D'Imperio, the only true healthy fullback on the roster, told the team he was retiring this morning and was placed on their reserve/retired list.... But according to a person familiar with D'Imperio's s...
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Apr 2, 2024 · Giovanni de’ Medici (born April 6, 1498, Forli, Papal States [Italy]—died November 30, 1526, Mantua, marquisate of Mantua) was the most noted soldier of all the Medici. branches of the Medici family. Giovanni belonged to the younger, or cadet, branch of the Medici, descended from Lorenzo, brother to Cosimo the Elder.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This antique map (Mantua Township) and atlas (Salem and Gloucester Counties 1876) are part of the Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy™ historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type.
Welcome To. Mantua Township is located in the middle of Gloucester County, New Jersey and 16 miles outside of Philadelphia. It is situated on an elevated bluff overlooking Mantua Creek, from which the township derives its name. Our municipal building is located on 401 Main Street, Mantua, NJ 080851. Learn More. TOWNSHIP CODE. Online Tax Payments.
Nov 22, 2022 · The first thing people will see when they enter is a large bell that reads “Mantua Academy, Mantua, NJ, 1874.”. Mantua Academy is one of many names that Norris Street School took on throughout the years. And like everything in the building, the bell has a story behind it. “The bell’s history is its own little character,” Gellenthin ...
