Burlington, city, Burlington County, central New Jersey, on the Delaware River; incorporated as a city 1784. Manufactures here include cast-iron products, clothing, and footwear. Among the city's many historic buildings is a house dating from 1685. The community was settled in 1677 by English Quakers and named for Burlington, England. It was capital of the Province of West Jersey from 1681 to 1702, and of the United East and West Jersey alternately with Perth Amboy from 1702 to 1790. In 1726 Benjamin Franklin printed the first colonial money in Burlington. The state's first constitution was signed here in July 1776. Population 10,246 (1980); 9,835 (1990); 9,736 (2000).
