Cumberland County, New Jersey

Founding: 1748
Parent county: Salem

Namesake: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
Seat: Bridgeton (1748–)

Land area: 484 square miles

Population (2020): 154,152

Population (historic): 8,248 (1790); 14,374 (1840); 34,665 (1870); 51,193 (1900); 69,895 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities; one borough; seven CDPs; 10 townships

National Register listings: 30

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,043 (17.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,455
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,952
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,094
Average farm size (1920): 29.3 acres
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Bridgeton

Namesake: Unclear—likely a bridge spanning the Cohansey River

Founding: pre-1748 (founding); 1790 (post office); 1865 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 27,263

Population (historic): 6,830 (1870); 11,424 (1890); 14,209 (1910); 15,699 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1960; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,744 (25%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Fairfield Presbyterian Church (c. 1780). Cedarville Road, southeast of Sayre's Neck Road. Fairfield.
2. *Thomas Maskel House (c. 1698/1725). 255 Old Mill Road. Greenwich.
3. Henry Hilyard House. 183 Friesburg Road. Hopewell.
4. *John Remington House (1728/1815). 689 Roadstown Road. Hopewell. Georgian.
5. John Schenck House. 143 Cook Road. Stow Creek. Georgian.
6. Isaac Elwell House. 198 Stow Creek Road. Stow Creek. Georgian.
7. *Deerfield Presbyterian Church (1771/1858/1907). 530 Old Deerfield Pike. Upper Deerfield. Italianate.