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(pronounced Gl-owster) 
Old Gloucester County was formed from Burlington County, NJ on May 26, 1686. Named for the city of Gloucester, England. Woodbury is the county seat. 
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Updated 27 AUG 2008 ..Old
Gloucester County was formed on 266 May 1686 from the third
and fourth tenths of the province of West Jersey. The original townships at that time were Gloucester, Deptford, Greenwich, Waterford, Newton and Egg Harbor. It included present-day Atlantic County and Camden County. The county has a total area of
337 square miles; 325 square miles of
The county was named for Gloucester
(or Gloucestershire), England
Woodbury, founded in 1683 by Henry Wood (no relation
to this CC), is the oldest town in the county. National Park, another
town in the county, was the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Red
Bank (now included in a county park) where Fort Mercer once stood. Here
can be seen the remains of the British ship Augusta (stored in a shed in
the park), which sank during the battle. During the colonial era, Gloucester
County's main economic activity was agriculture. In Woodbury (even then
the main town) was located the county courthouse, the county jail, a Quaker
meeting house (still in existence), and an inn (on the current location
of Woodbury Crossings). Because of the county's many creeks leading to
the Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean, smuggling was very common.
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Greenwich Township
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Township
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Township
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Township
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Township
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Township
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Hill
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(borough)
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Valley
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Harrison Township
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Lakes
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Township
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Deptford Township
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