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Burlington County, New Jersey

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102historic places

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1710formed

461,860pop. 2020

37cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 102 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Burlington, Moorestown, Marlton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Jersey is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Burlington titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

50 of 102 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

102 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen, William R., School	Burlington	Building	1991
Arney's Mount Friends Meetinghouse and Burial Ground	Arney's Mount	Building	1973
Arneytown Historic District	Jacobstown	District	1977
Atsion Village	Atsion	District	1974
Batsto Village	Batsto	District	1971
Bead Wreck Site	New Gretna	Site	1988
Beverly National Cemetery	Edgewater Park Township	Site	1997
Birmingham School	Birmingham	Building	1992
Bishop-Irick Farmstead	Vincentown	Building	1992
Bordentown Historic District	Bordentown	District	1982
Bordentown Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Bordentown	Building	2014
Breidenhart	Moorestown	Building	1977
Budd, J.F., Baby Shoe Factory	Burlington City	Building	2000
Burlington County Prison NHL	Mount Holly	Building	1986
Burlington Historic District	Burlington	District	1975
Burlington's Lost Burial Ground	Burlington	Site	2004
Buzby's General Store	Woodland Township	Building	2004
Chesterford School	Maple Shade	Building	2009
Cinnaminson Avenue and Spring Garden Street Schools	Palmyra	Building	1992
Collins, Isaac, House	Burlington	Building	1992
Cooper, Benjamin, Farm	Moorestown	District	1978
Coopertown Meetinghouse	Willingboro	Building	1978
Cropwell Friends Meeting House	Cropwell	Building	1992
Crosswicks	Crosswicks	District	1976
Crosswicks Creek Site III	Bordentown City	Site	1990
Eayres Plantation and Mill Site	Lumberton	District	1986
Evans, Amos, House	Marlton	Building	1994
Evans, William and Susan, House	Marlton	Building	1992
Evans-Cooper House	Pine Grove	Building	1993
Evens, Thomas and Mary, House	Pine Grove	Building	1993
Evesham Friends Meeting House	Mt. Laurel	Building	1982
Farmer's Hall	Moorestown	Building	1979
Fenwick Manor	New Lisbon	Building	1990
Fernbrook Historic District	Chesterfield Township	District	2022
Florence Public School No. 1	Florence Township	Building	2015
French, Thomas, Jr., House	Moorestown	Building	1978
Godfrey, Edward S., Gen., House	Cookstown	Building	1997
Green Hill Farm	Burlington Township	Building	1982
Haines, Jonathan, House	Medford	Building	1976
Hanover Furnace	Brown's Mills	Site	1974
High Street Historic District	Burlington	District	1993
High Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Burlington	District	2014
Hollinshead, Thomas, House	Marlton	Building	1992
Holloway, James and Charles B., Farm Complex	Chesterfield	Building	1982
Hopkinson, Francis, House NHL	Bordentown	Building	1971
Inskeep, John, Homestead (Additional Documentation)	Marlton	Building	1993
Irick, John, House	Burlington	Building	1977
Ivins-Conover House	Moorestown	Building	1977
Jacob's Chapel A.M.E. Church	Mount Laurel	Building	2015
Jones, Benjamin, House	Pemberton	Building	1982
Kirby's Mill	Medford	Building	1971
Log Cabin Lodge	Medford Lakes	Building	1982
Main Street Friends Meeting House	Medford	Building	2011
Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse	Moorestown	Building	1988
Moorestown Historic District	Moorestown	District	1990
Morris Mansion and Mill	Pemberton	Building	1977
Mount Holly Historic District	Mount Holly	District	1973
New Jersey Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth	Bordentown	Building	1998
New St. Mary's Episcopal Church NHL	Burlington	Building	1972
Newbold, Barzillai, House	Columbus	Building	1978
Newbold, William and Susannah, House	Georgetown	Building	1980
North Pemberton Railroad Station	Pemberton	Building	1978
Oakwood	Wrightstown	Building	1978
Old Schoolhouse	Mount Holly	Building	2008
Paul, Alice, Birthplace NHL	Mt. Laurel Township	Building	1989
Peachfield	Mount Holly	Building	1973
Pearson-How, Cooper, and Lawrence Houses	Burlington	Building	1978
Pemberton Historic District	Pemberton	District	1989
Perkins House	Moorestown	Building	1977
Philadelphia Watch Case Company Building	Riverside	Building	1978
Point Breeze	Bordentown	District	1977
Protestant Community Church of Medford Lakes, The	Medford Lakes Borough	Building	2017
Providence Presbyterian Church of Bustleton	Roebling	Building	1988
Quaker School	Burlington	Building	1974
Rancocas Historic Village	Rancocas	District	1975
Recklesstown	Chesterfield	District	1975
Red Dragon Canoe Club	Edgewater Park	Building	2001
Ridgeway, William, House	Springfield Township	Building	2019
Riverton Historic District	Riverton Borough	District	1999
Roebling Historic District	Roebling	District	1978
Rosebud Farm	Jobstown	District	1979
Schoolhouse	Bridgeboro	Building	1975
Shamong Hotel	Chatsworth	Building	1979
Singleton-Lathem-Large House	Chesterfield	Building	1979
Smith Mansion	Moorestown	Building	1976
Smith, Thomas, House	Mount Laurel	Building	1990
Smithville Historic District	Smithville	District	2019
Smithville Historic District	Smithville	District	1977
Springside Public School	Burlington Township	Building	2015
St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church	Medford Lakes	Building	2007
St. Stephens Episcopal Church	Beverly City	Building	1999
Still, Dr. James, Office	Medford	Building	1995
Stokes, Charles, House	Riverside	Building	1993
Stokes-Evans House	Marlton	Building	1994
Taylor-Newbold House	Chesterfield	Building	1988
Town Hall	Moorestown	Building	1977
Upper Springfield Meetinghouse	Wrightstown	District	1979
Vincentown Historic District	Vincentown	District	1988
West Hill	Burlington	Building	2013
Whitesbog Historic District	Browns Mills	District	1988
Wills, Jacob, House	Marlton	Building	1990
Zurbrugg Mansion	Delanco	Building	2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Burlington was formed in 1710 (1710-01-21) from unknown / original county.

21 January 1709/1710. BURLINGTON gained from non-county area. BURLINGTON's redefined boundaries were complete and mappable. The Indefinite Counties Area was eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Burlington County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
18,095	21,521	28,822	32,831	49,730	55,402	58,241	81,770	97,013	135,910	224,499	362,542	423,394	461,860

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

37 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams - Leek - McKeen Cemetery	39.6189	-74.49522
Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.00424	-74.97818
Beverly National Cemetery	40.05371	-74.91572
Bordentown Cemetery	40.14318	-74.698
Bridgeboro Methodist Cemetery	40.02341	-74.93355
Brigadier General William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery	40.09873	-74.57052
Brotherhood Cemetery	39.98814	-74.80635
Cedar Hill Cemetery	40.09816	-74.79183
Columbus Cemetery	40.0752	-74.71499
Crosswicks Community Cemetery	40.15082	-74.6427
Easton Union Cemetery	39.96589	-74.8503
Eldridge Cemetery	39.92701	-74.89674
Evergreen Cemetery	39.95659	-74.80918
Hays Burial Ground	40.114	-74.82619
Hillside Cemetery	39.58989	-74.46541
Jacobstown Cemetery	40.07527	-74.58633
Lakeview Memorial Park	40.0009	-74.98065
Laurel Hill Cemetery	40.0685	-74.84455
Marlton Cemetery	39.87706	-74.90489
Masonic Cemetery	40.06089	-74.826
Miller Cemetery	39.59461	-74.44798
Monument Cemetery	40.05677	-74.91905
Morgan Cemetery	39.996	-75.01662
Mount Carmel Cemetery	39.95767	-74.97392
Mount Holly Cemetery	40.00149	-74.78599
Mount Laurel Cemetery	39.92738	-74.89776
Mount Moriah AME Church Cemetery	39.9878	-74.80704
Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.06911	-74.87302
Peacock Cemetery	39.8991	-74.78877
Rancocas Quaker Burying Ground	40.00166	-74.87042
Sacred Heart Cemetery	39.98927	-74.8071
Saint Andrews Cemetery	39.98789	-74.78488
Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard	40.0775	-74.86208
Saint Peters Cemetery	40.03289	-74.94183
Saint Stephens Episcopal Cemetery	40.11903	-74.80475
Trinity Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery	40.0191	-74.94918
Woodlawn Cemetery	39.80872	-74.53376

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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