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Gloucester County, New Jersey

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36historic places

—earliest paper

1710formed

302,294pop. 2020

20cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 36 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Woodbury, Swedesboro, Glassboro.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

23 of 36 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

36 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barnsboro Hotel	Barnsboro	Building	1973
Butler Farm	Swedesboro	Building	1978
Carpenter Street School	Woodbury	Building	1997
Chew, Jesse, House	Sewell	Building	1972
Clark, Benjamin, House	Wenonah	Building	1973
Downer Methodist Episcopal Church	Monroe Township	Building	2010
Free Library and Reading Room-Williamstown Memorial Library	Williamstown	Building	1987
Green's, G.G., Block	Woodbury	Building	2001
Hall Street School	Monroe Township	Building	2006
Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House	Woodbury	Building	1972
Ladd's Castle	Colonial Manor	Building	1972
Memorial Presbyterian Church	Wenonah Borough	Building	2013
Moravian Church	Oliphant's Mill	Building	1973
Morgan, George Jr., and Sarah, House	Washington Township	Building	2019
Mount Pleasant School	Harrison Township	Building	2023
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery	Woolwich	Building	2001
Mullica Hill Historic District	Mulllica Hill	District	1991
Nothnagle, C. A., Log House	Gibbstown	Building	1976
Otto, Bodo, House	Mickleton	Building	1976
Pitman Grove	Pitman	District	1977
Red Bank Battlefield NHL	National Park	Site	1972
Richardson Avenue School	Swedesboro Borough	Building	1998
Richwood Methodist Church	Richwood	Building	1979
Rulon, John C., House	Swedesboro	Building	2000
Salisbury Farm	Bridgeport	Site	1979
St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Clarksboro	Building	1977
St. Thomas Episcopal Church	Glassboro	Building	1975
Stratton, Gov. Charles C., House	Woolwich Township	Building	1973
Thompson House	Woodbury	Building	1988
Tinicum Island Range Rear Light Station	Billingsport	Structure	2005
Trinity Church	Swedesboro	Building	1973
Upper Greenwich Friends Meetinghouse	Mickleton	Building	1997
West Jersey Rail Road Glassboro Depot	Glassboro	Building	2020
Whitall, James, Jr., House	National Park	Building	1973
Whitney Mansion	Glassboro	Building	1972
Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse	Woodbury	Building	1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

21 January 1709/1710. GLOUCESTER gained from CAPE MAY; redefined boundaries of GLOUCESTER and adjacent counties were complete and mappable. The Indefinite Counties Area was eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,363	16,115	23,089	25,438	18,444	25,886	31,905	48,224	72,219	91,727	134,840	199,917	254,673	302,294

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

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

Cemeteries — 20 of 20 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Cedar Green Cemetery	39.6613	-75.08559
Eglington Cemetery	39.79503	-75.22238
Gates of Heaven Memorial Park	39.79622	-75.19629
Green Cemetery	39.82706	-75.14268
Hill Crest Memorial Park	39.75022	-75.1106
Janvier Cemetery	39.61953	-75.02694
Lake Park Cemetery	39.74095	-75.30824
Land Of Canaan Cemetery	39.67469	-75.10765
Manahath Cemetery	39.71735	-75.11439
Monroeville Cemetery	39.62464	-75.1319
Mount Calvary Cemetery	39.73317	-75.23685
Oaklawn Cemetery	39.769	-75.31658
Odd Fellows Cemetery	39.8079	-75.14227
Richwood United Methodist Cemetery	39.72114	-75.16718
Rose Hill Cemetery	39.55067	-75.01767
Saint Josephs Cemetery	39.76622	-75.30602
Solomons Graveyard	39.78475	-75.26354
Union Cemetery	39.77095	-75.37464
Wenonah Cemetery	39.78986	-75.16212
Woodbury Memorial Park	39.82676	-75.17504

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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