Blackwood, New Jersey

About Blackwood

Blackwood is a small unincorporated community in southwestern New Jersey.

Officially, Blackwood is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.22 square miles.

📰 Blackwood News Today

• Bayonne celebrates after defeating Blackwood in the New Jersey Little League State Championships at the Cresskill Little League Baseball field, Aug 3, 2026, Cresskill, NJ, USA. AppleValleyNewsNow.com · Aug 17
• Police seek to establish timeline after boy, 9, left alone on school bus in Blackwood, New Jersey 6abc Philadelphia · Aug 7
• Blackwood Welcomes First Chick-fil-A Restaurant - Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A · Mar 26
• Mother says 9-year-old left asleep on school bus, found wandering district bus yard in New Jersey - ABC News ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · Aug 7
• 2 People Thrown From Motorcycle During Crash Along South Jersey Highway, Police Say Patch · Aug 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Blackwood Unique

• The only place in America named Blackwood — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Blackwood

• Auletto's Catering — international
• Filomena — italian
• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Seven Star Diner
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Big Cheez Ristorante Pizzeria — italian

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Blackwood

• Cherrywood Dog Park reviews ★
• Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Harwan Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Blackwood

• Blackwood Elementary School
• Charles W. Lewis Middle School
• Chews Elementary School
• Glen Landing Middle School
• Gloucester Township Elementary School
• Highland Regional High School
• Loring Flemming Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Northbrook Behavioral Health Hospital · Psychiatric

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Blackwood

🏘️ Nearby Communities