The name change was passed by a narrow margin of 3,123 to 3,003. A referendum held on the issue on November 5, 1963, changed the name back to Willingboro. The community used the name "Levittown, New Jersey" in 1958, and "Levittown Township" from 1959 to 1963. Willingboro was less than 12 miles (19 km) from Levittown, Pennsylvania and this occasionally caused confusion. The town's name was changed from the original Willingboro to "Levittown Township" by a referendum of township residents held on November 3, 1959.
The first Levittown homes were sold in June 1958, at which time the community was already known as Levittown, New Jersey. Levitt acquired the great majority of the land in Willingboro the historic community of Rancocas, in the southeast portion of the township, was annexed to Westampton Township to keep it from being bulldozed, as Levitt wished to keep the development within the boundaries of a single municipality. The town was to be Levitt & Sons' third and largest Levittown development, following similar projects in New York and Pennsylvania. In the 1950s and 1960s, Willingboro was the location for a massive residential development by Levitt & Sons. Portions of the township were taken to form Beverly borough (March 5, 1850, now Beverly city) and Beverly Township (March 1, 1859, now known as Delanco Township).
This makes Willingboro one of the oldest townships in the State. Other spellings were used at different times.Īfter the establishment of the United States and the State of New Jersey, the community was formally incorporated as "Willingborough Township", one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships, on February 21, 1798, by the New Jersey Legislature when it enacted "An Act incorporating the Inhabitants of Townships, designating their Powers, and regulating their Meetings", P.L. The original name of Wellingborough was after the community in England, which was the hometown of Thomas Olive, who led the original settlers into what would become Willingboro Township. At the time, it included present day Delanco Township, New Jersey. Willingboro was one of the original nine divisions in the organization of Burlington County within West Jersey, and was originally formed as the "Constabulary of Wellingborrow" on November 6, 1688. 4.2 Federal, state and county representation.
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