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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