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Cumberland County, New Jersey

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
33historic places
—earliest paper
1748formed
154,152pop. 2020
16cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Bridgeton, Vineland, Bivalve.

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 Cumberland titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

23 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
A.J. MEERWALD (Schooner)BivalveStructure1995
Beth Hillel SynagogueCarmelBuilding1978
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchSpringtownBuilding1999
Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and DocksBivalveBuilding1996
Bridgeton Historic DistrictBridgetonDistrict1982
Buck, Jeremiah, HouseBridgetonBuilding1975
CASHIER (oyster schooner)Commercial TownshipStructure2016
Deerfield Pike Tollgate HouseBridgetonBuilding1975
Deerfield Presbyterian ChurchSeabrookBuilding1980
Giles, Gen. James, HouseBridgetonBuilding1978
Greenwich Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict1972
Greenwich Historic District (Additional Documentation))Greenwich TownshipDistrict1972
Greenwich Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)Greenwich TownshipDistrict2024
Hoskins, Caesar, Log CabinMauricetownBuilding1987
Indian Head SiteDeerfield TownshipSite2004
Landis Theatre-Mori Brothers BuildingVinelandBuilding2000
Maskel, Thomas, HouseGreenwichBuilding1975
Maurice River LighthouseMaurice River TownshipBuilding1995
Maurice River Lighthouse and East Point Archeological District (Boundary Increase)Maurice RiverDistrict2015
Mauricetown Historic DistrictCommercial TownshipDistrict2018
Miah Maull Shoal LighthouseDelaware BayStructure1991
Millville's First Bank BuildingMillvilleBuilding1980
Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and CemeteryBridgetonBuilding1974
Old Stone ChurchCedarvilleBuilding1977
Potter's TavernBridgetonBuilding1971
Remington, John and Elizabeth, HouseHopewell TownshipBuilding2015
SPINDRIFT SAILING YACHTBridgetonStructure1982
Seeley, Samuel W., HouseBridgetonBuilding1976
Ship John Shoal Light StationSea BreezeStructure2006
Siloam CemeteryVinelandDistrict2020
Trinity African Methodist Episcopal ChurchGouldtownBuilding1995
Vineland High SchoolVinelandBuilding1995
Wood Mansion HouseMillville CityBuilding2013

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cumberland was formed in 1748 (1748-01-19) from Salem.

19 January 1747/1748. CUMBERLAND created from SALEM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

157k83k8,248179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,2489,52912,66814,37422,60537,68751,19361,34873,18488,597106,850132,866146,438154,152

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

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

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed
NameLatLon
CARMEL HEBREW CEMETERY39.42595-75.11351
Cedar Hill Cemetery39.3415-75.19769
Cedar Hill Cemetery39.42456-75.26436
Cumberland County Veterans' Cemetery39.40995-75.25904
Fernwood Cemetery39.4515-75.28408
Greenwood Cemetery39.40149-75.02412
Holy Cross Cemetery39.41539-75.04073
Laurel Lawn Cemetery39.45984-75.22797
Mount Pleasant Cemetery39.39512-75.05462
Oak Hill Cemetery39.48428-75.04407
Old Presbyterian Cemetery39.37595-75.23602
Old Stone Church Cemetery39.35984-75.22408
Overlook Cemetery39.424-75.25324
Sacred Heart Cemetery39.46983-75.00903
Siloam Cemetery39.49567-75.00823
Veterans Memorial Home Cemetery39.49526-75.03033

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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