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About Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill is a township within Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 74,553, an increase of 3,508 (+4.9%) from the 2010 census count of 71,045, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,080 (+1.5%) from the 69,965 counted in the 2000 census. As of 2020, the township was the state's 12th most populous municipality, and the largest in Camden County, after having been the state's 14th most-populous municipality and the county's second largest in the 2010 Census, having surpassed both Brick Township, as well as nearby Camden, within the previous decade, and was ranked 13th in 2000.Cherry Hill Township is a suburb of Philadelphia and is part of South Jersey and the Delaware Valley (Greater Philadelphia) metropolitan statistical area. The previous decline of downtown Camden spawned the transformation of Cherry Hill Township into an edge city and one of the Delaware Valley's main commercial centers, including the prominent Cherry Hill Mall being located in Cherry Hill Mall CDP within the township. == History == The area now known as Cherry Hill was originally settled by the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans before being displaced by the first settlers from England, namely Quaker followers of William Penn who arrived in the late 17th century.