Gloucester County, New Jersey



Founding: 1686
Parent county: Burlington
Namesake: Gloucester, England
Seat: Gloucester (1686–1786); Woodbury (1786–)
Land area: 322 square miles
Population (2020): 302,294
Population (historic): 13,363 (1790); 25,438 (1840); 21,562 (1870); 31,905 (1900); 70,802 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1850–2020
Subdivisions: One city; ten boroughs; eight CDPs; 13 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,591 (11.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 40%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,527
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,447
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,319
Average farm size (1920): 42.3 acres
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Woodbury

Namesake: Henry Wood, local landowner
Founding: 1683 (founding); 1792 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 9,963
Population (historic): 1,534 (1860); 2,298 (1880); 4,087 (1900); 8,172 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1960; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,723 (37.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Benjamin Clark House (c. 1769/1801). 1650 Glassboro Road. Deptford. Federal.
  2. Death of the Fox Inn (c. 1727). 217 Kings Highway. East Greenwich.
  3. Bodo Otto House (c. 1766). 522 Kings Highway. East Greenwich. Georgian.
  4. Nothnagle Log House (c. 1640/1710). 406 Swedesboro Road. Greenwich.
  5. Colson House (c. 1860). 141 Colson Lane. Harrison. Italianate.
  6. Downer Methodist Church (1886/1900). 2226 Fries Mill Road. Monroe. Gothic Revival.
  7. Gardiner House (c. 1800). 732 Franklinville Road. South Harrison. Federal.
  8. George Morgan House (c. 1765). 208 Egg Harbor Road. Washington.
  9. Tench Francis House (c. 1760). Crown Point Road. West Deptford. Razed.
  10. James Whitall House (1766). 100 Hessian Avenue. West Deptford.
  11. John Rambo House (c. 1800). Mantua Grove Road, south of US Highway 130. West Deptford. Razed.
  12. Charles Stratton House (1791). 538 Kings Highway. Woolwich. Federal.
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