Map of Buena borough, New Jersey

Buena (/ˈbjuːnə/ BEW-nə) is a borough in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Atlantic County, is part of South Jersey and the Atlantic City–Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia–Reading–Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough’s population was 4,501, a decrease of 102 (−2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 4,603, which in turn reflected an increase of 730 (+18.8%) from the 3,873 counted in the 2000 census.

Buena borough overview:
Name:	Buena borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	New Jersey
County:	Atlantic County
Incorporated:	September 1, 1948
Elevation:	121 ft (37 m)
Total Area:	7.57 sq mi (19.62 km²)
Land Area:	7.57 sq mi (19.61 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²) 0.01%
Total Population:	4,501
Population Density:	594.4/sq mi (229.5/km²)
Area code:	609, 856
FIPS code:	3408680
GNISfeature ID:	0885173
Website:	www.buenaboro.org

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History

Charles K. Landis was a land developer who was the driving force behind the creation of Hammonton and Vineland. Landis also had a hand in establishing other small communities, including Landisville, in Buena Borough. He planned to make it county seat of a new county called Landis County, which would incorporate land from the surrounding counties. However, the locals were against this, and began calling him “King Landis”.

Buena was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 1, 1948, from portions of Buena Vista Township. The borough was reincorporated on May 18, 1949. The borough derives its name from Buena Vista Township, which in turn was named for the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican–American War.

In 1979, local resident Madeline Barrale authored a 115-page book illustrating the borough’s history. Buena Borough celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1999 with the 1st Annual “Buena Day” at Bruno Melini Park. In 2002, the St. Padre Pio Shrine was erected by Italian-American farmers in the Landisville section of Buena and has attracted what was described by The New York Times as a “steady stream of Catholics” who come to pray at the site.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 7.57 square miles (19.62 km), including 7.57 square miles (19.61 km) of land and <0.01 square miles (<0.01 km) of water (0.01%).

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Landisville and Minotola, each of which had postal facilities established with those names in 1871 and 1897, respectively.

The borough borders the municipalities of Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County; Vineland in Cumberland County; and Franklin Township in Gloucester County.

The borough is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, a protected natural area of unique ecology covering 1,100,000 acres (450,000 ha), that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation’s first National Reserve. Part of the borough is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Atlantic County, along with areas in Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties.

Unexpected Road was named the seventh wackiest street name according to a 2006 poll by Car Connection website.