New Jersey’s ‘doughnut holes’ reveal quirky town boundaries Erin Vogt Published: August 29, 2025 (Canva, Townsquare Media Illustration)

There are many quirks when it comes to all 564 municipalities in New Jersey.

There are the hard-to-pronounce names.

Some communities have sections named for neighboring counties.

Maybe the oddest quirk is when a borough is a doughnut hole.

No, it doesn't have anything to do with the number of doughnut shops within a certain radius.

It's when a borough is completely encircled by another township.

Less than 4% of the state's municipalities are doughnut hole boroughs, as we find 20 among 11 counties.

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Woodstown, with a population of 3,678, is surrounded by Pilesgrove Township, with its population of 4,183.

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