Pemberton Township Municipal GovernmentLocal authority

The Pemberton Township Municipal Government is the local governing authority of Pemberton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. Operating under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council plan), its mandate is to pass local ordinances, adopt municipal budgets, oversee zoning and environmental regulations within the protected New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, and provide essential public works, police, and community services. The township was officially incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1846, formed from portions of New Hanover, Northampton, and Southampton townships, and historically grew alongside early agricultural, bog iron, and cranberry-farming industries.