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History · Echelon

1 of Echelon’s places is on the National Register

Most of Echelon was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

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What stands out about Echelon’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Echelon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Echelon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Echelon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Echelon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Voorhees Township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Echelon had a population of 11,896. The Voorhees Town Center (formerly known as Echelon Mall) is located in Echelon. The mall offers 730,000 square feet (68,000 m2) of shopping, with Boscov's as the only anchor store as of 2017, as well as the Voorhees Township municipal offices.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10,743 to 11,896 (+11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Echelon, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Echelon

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Echelon

Nobody well known was born in Echelon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ali LarterAmerican actress and model · b. 1976
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Lauren CohanAmerican-British actress · b. 1982
Cristin MiliotiAmerican actress and singer · b. 1985
Mike BibbyAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1978
Kelly RipaAmerican actress and talk show host · b. 1970
Tamika CatchingsAmerican Hall of Fame basketball player · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Voorhees Township2 historic placesC−SomerdaleIts storyDGibbsboro1 historic placeC+LindenwoldIts storyC−Ashland1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLawnside2 historic placesC+Cherry Hill Township5 historic placesB−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.