| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 1,305 | — | |
| 1870 | 1,718 | 31.6% | |
| 1880 | 1,538 | −10.5% | |
| 1890 | 1,834 | 19.2% | |
| 1900 | 2,192 | 19.5% | |
| 1910 | 3,200 | * | 46.0% |
| 1920 | 4,004 | * | 25.1% |
| Population sources:1850-1900[1] 1850-1920[2] 1860-1870[3] 1870[4] 1880-1890[5] 1890-1910[6] 1910-1930[7] | |||
Centre Township was a township that existed in Camden County, New Jersey from 1855 through 1926.
Centre Township was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1855, from portions of the now-defunct Union Township:[8]
"Beginning in the middle of Great Timber Creek at the mouth of the southerly branch of Little Timber Creek; thence along the middle of Little Timber Creek to a point where the old King’s Highway crossed the same; thence northerly along the highway to the southwest corner of Cedar Grove Cemetery and corner of James H. Brick’s land; thence along said line and by the lands of Aaron H. Hurley, crossing the Mt. Ephraim Road to the corner of the lands of John Brick, deceased; thence along the lands of Brick and John C. Champion and John R. Brick to Newton Creek, on the line of Newton Township; thence eastwardly by Newton Creek, on the line of Union and Newton, until it strikes the line of the townships of Union and Delaware; thence up the same to Burrough’s Bridge; thence on the middle of the highway and on boundary line between the townships of Union and Gloucester to Clements Bridge, on the Great Timber Creek; thence down the middle of the said creek to the place of beginning."
Over the years, portions of Centre Township were taken to create several new municipalities:[8]
With the creation of Lawnside, Centre Township was officially dissolved.