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Runnemede is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, in the Philadelphia suburbs of South Jersey.

Runnemede was authorized to incorporate by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1926, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, and it became independent following a referendum on April 24, 1926; the boroughs of Bellmawr, Mount Ephraim and Lawnside were all created in the same two-day legislative burst.

The borough's name is cited as coming from Runnymede, England, while popular claims that it derives from a Native American term for "running water," from General George Meade, or from a tavern's need for rum have been refuted or dismissed as apocryphal.

European settlement of the Runnemede area dates to 1626, exactly three centuries before the borough itself was incorporated in 1926.

The 2020 census counted 8,324 people and 3,374 households in Runnemede.

Runnemede boomed after World War II, nearly doubling from 4,217 residents in 1950 to 8,396 in 1960 and peaking at 10,475 in 1970, before beginning a slow, steady decline that continues today.

Mister Softee, the ice cream truck franchiser with about 350 franchisees operating some 625 trucks in 18 states, has been headquartered in Runnemede since 1958.

Runnemede's public school students in grades nine through twelve attend Triton Regional High School, part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District shared with Bellmawr and Gloucester Township.

The Glendora neighborhood lies partly within Runnemede's borders, and the borough touches Deptford Township in Gloucester County as well as Barrington, Bellmawr, Gloucester Township and Magnolia in Camden County.