27,263
2020 population
U.S. Census count for Bridgeton city.
NJTGO.com
New Jersey Town Guide Online
Bridgeton is Cumberland County’s historic county seat, shaped by the Cohansey River, an unusually large municipal park system, a downtown rich in nineteenth-century architecture and a diverse business and dining community.
Its identity stretches from the courthouse and Broad/Commerce Street corridors to Bridgeton City Park, the Cohanzick Zoo, neighborhood schools and the North Pearl Street commercial spine.
Bridgeton combines county government, healthcare, public schools, neighborhood retail, manufacturing and service businesses with a city park and historic district that give it a character unlike most South Jersey municipalities.
U.S. Census count for Bridgeton city.
Residential, commercial, industrial and religious structures in the Bridgeton Historic District.
Trails, lakes, sports, picnic areas, zoo, museums and recreation.
New Jersey’s first zoo and one of the city’s signature family attractions.
A boundary-conscious directory of retail, healthcare, automotive, professional services, groceries, trades and other in-city businesses.
Restaurants, bakeries, pizza and international dining, with clickable GF/DF dietary filtering where current information supports it.
Current market direction plus historic-district, flood, property-condition and buyer due-diligence guidance.
Cohanzick Zoo, City Park, museums, historic architecture, waterways and practical lodging guidance.
A clean local marketplace framework ready for actual community submissions—without invented ads.
Current Cumberland County openings in Bridgeton plus public-sector and workforce resources.
Bridgeton operates under New Jersey’s Faulkner Act Mayor-Council form. The current governing team’s terms run through December 31, 2026.
Mayor of Bridgeton.
President of the five-member Municipal Council.
J. Curtis Edwards · Rosemary DeQuinzio · David Gonzalez · Marian King
The city’s public-school system serves students from early childhood through Bridgeton High School. Dr. Celeste L. Merriweather is Superintendent.
Broad Street, Buckshutem Road, Cherry Street, Indian Avenue, Quarter Mile Lane and West Avenue schools, plus the ExCEL program.
Dr. Geraldyn O. Foster Early Childhood Center supports the district’s preschool programming.
111 N. West Avenue, serving the district’s high-school grades and programs.
New Jersey’s first zoo, established in 1934 and now home to more than 100 animals representing dozens of species.
A roughly 1,100-acre park system with trails, lakes, picnic areas, athletics, playgrounds, Splash Park and museums.
Approximately 2,200 contributing and related structures; listed on the State and National Registers in 1982.
A major collection of regional Lenni-Lenape artifacts housed within the Bridgeton Public Library.
A City Park museum preserving South Jersey athletic history.
Lakes, waterways and riverfront areas connect the city’s historic center with its recreation landscape.