Chesterfield Township New Jersey Homes for Sale

Chesterfield is a sprawling, rural township in Burlington County.  Chesterfield Township is comprised of three distinct communities or villages:  Chesterfield, Crosswicks and Sykesville.  The township has a total area of 21.5 square miles and has a population around 6,000.  Chesterfield was voted number one "Best Place to Live" in Burlington County and number eight among the Municipalities in the Greater Philadelphia area by the October 2006 issue of Philadelphia Magazine.  It is also winner of the Environmental Excellence Award for Open Space Protection and Preservation.  Picturesque farms dot the countryside, and small shops and stores harmonize with turn of the century homes and lovely new residential developments.  Agricultural activity continues to dominate the area.  Panoramic lots and generous land parcels attract those who cherish natural beauty and value a rural lifestyle with its close knit community spirit.  The major thoroughfares of the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 295 are easily accessible.