Landis Township was a township

Township (New Jersey)

A township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. As a political entity, a township is a full-fledged municipality, on par with any town, city, borough, or village, collecting property taxes and providing...

 that existed in Cumberland County

Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States

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, from 1864 to 1952. It was named after Charles K. Landis

Charles K. Landis

Charles Kline Landis was a property developer in South Jersey, who was the founder and developer of Vineland and Sea Isle City....

, the founder of Vineland.

Landis Township was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature

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 on March 7, 1864, from portions of Millville

Millville, New Jersey

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, based on the results of a referendum held on March 22, 1864. Portions of the township were taken to form Vineland borough

Vineland, New Jersey

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 (May 28, 1880). Other transfers of territory were made to Maurice River Township

Maurice River Township, New Jersey

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 (1873), to Franklin Township (Gloucester County)

Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey

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 (1892, returned in 1897) and from Millville

Millville, New Jersey

Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 26,847. Millville, Bridgeton and Vineland are the three principal New Jersey cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area which...

(1934).

Landis Township lasted until July 1, 1952, when it was combined with Vineland borough to form Vineland city, based on the results of a referendum held on February 5, 1952.