Gloucester County, New Jersey Genealogy

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County Courthouse
"Close To Everything, Far From It All" Gloucester County Row 1 North Broad Street Woodbury, NJ 08096

History
1642-1643: The New Sweden Colony expanded from present-day Wilmington, Delaware east to New Jersey at New Stockholm, now Bridgeport, Gloucester, New Jersey, and Sveaborg, now Swedesboro, Gloucester, New Jersey.

1654-1655: In 1654 New Sweden captured Fort Casimir (now New Castle, Delaware) from the Dutch without a fight and renamed Fort Trinty (Trefaldighets). In 1655 New Netherland returned with a large army and all of New Sweden in presend-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware submitted to Dutch rule.

1664: As part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War New Netherland including West Jersey was surrendered to the English.

1673-1674: A new war broke out and the Dutch sent a large armada to retake New Netherland for a few months. But as the war ended the colony was ceeded to England for the last time.

Created 28 May 1686 from the Colonial Lands.

Boundary Changes

 * 1686, courts separated from Burlington County
 * 1692, boundary set with Burlington county and repealed in 1693
 * 1694, formed in West Jersey with Egg Harbor from Cape May County
 * 1710, boundaries redefined
 * 1837, part forms Atlantic County
 * 1844, part made into Camden County
 * 1871, Monroe twp. and bulk of Washington twp. from Camden County
 * 1892, part of Landis twps., Cumberland County taken and returned in 1897
 * 1926, part of Washington twp. to Camden County with some more going in 1931
 * 1938, boundary clarified with Atlantic County
 * 1950, some to Camden County.

Populated Places

 * City: Woodbury
 * Boroughs: Clayton . Glassboro . National Park . Newfield . Paulsboro . Pitman . Swedesboro . Wenonah . Westville . Woodbury Heights
 * Townships: Deptford . East Greenwich . Elk . Franklin . Greenwich . Harrison . Logan . Mantua . Monroe . South Harrison . Washington . West Deptford . Woolwich
 * Communities: Beckett . Bridgeport . Clarksboro . Cooper . Cross Keys . Franklinville . Gibbstown . Harrisonville . Malaga . Mickleton . Monroeville . Mount Royal . Mullica Hill . Oak Valley. Sewell . Thorofare . Turnersville . Victory Lakes . Williamstown

Neighboring Counties
Atlantic | Camden | Cumberland | Salem | New Castle County, Delaware | Pennsylvania Counties: Delaware | Philadelphia

Gazetteers of Places/Localities

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Gloucester County (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Gloucester County
 * The Gloucester County NJGenWeb Project, an member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Gloucester County, New Jersey History &amp; Genealogy (an independent site)