Gloucester County, New Jersey
Founding: 1686
Parent county: Burlington
Namesake: Gloucester, England
Seat: Gloucester (1686–1786); Woodbury (1786–)
Seat: Gloucester (1686–1786); Woodbury (1786–)
Land area: 322 square miles
Population (2020): 302,294Population (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%
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): $2,527Average 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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Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,723 (37.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- Benjamin Clark House (c. 1769/1801). 1650 Glassboro Road. Deptford. Federal.
- Death of the Fox Inn (c. 1727). 217 Kings Highway. East Greenwich.
- Bodo Otto House (c. 1766). 522 Kings Highway. East Greenwich. Georgian.
- Nothnagle Log House (c. 1640/1710). 406 Swedesboro Road. Greenwich.
- Colson House (c. 1860). 141 Colson Lane. Harrison. Italianate.
- Downer Methodist Church (1886/1900). 2226 Fries Mill Road. Monroe. Gothic Revival.
- Gardiner House (c. 1800). 732 Franklinville Road. South Harrison. Federal.
- George Morgan House (c. 1765). 208 Egg Harbor Road. Washington.
- Tench Francis House (c. 1760). Crown Point Road. West Deptford. Razed.
- James Whitall House (1766). 100 Hessian Avenue. West Deptford.
- John Rambo House (c. 1800). Mantua Grove Road, south of US Highway 130. West Deptford. Razed.
- Charles Stratton House (1791). 538 Kings Highway. Woolwich. Federal.
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