Old Name	Old Township	Town/City	Current Township
Brotherton		Indian Mills	Shamong
Lumbertown	Northampton	Lumberton	Lumberton
Bridgetown	Northampton	Mount Holly	Mount Holly
Upper Evesham	Evesham	Medford	Medford
Etna Furnace	Evesham	Medford Lakes	Medford
Senamensing	Chester	Cinnaminson	Cinnaminson
Lower Evesham/Mount Pray	Evesham	Mount Laurel	Mount Laurel
Chester Township	Chester	Maple Shade	Maple Shade
Buckingham		Buckingham
Harrisia		Harrisia
Apple Pie Hill		Apple Pie Hill
Quakertown	Northampton	Vincentown	Southampton
Parker's Mill & Shreveville		Smithville
Gravel Switch		Gravel Switch
Van Note Camp		Van Note Camp
Penny Hill		Wrightstown
Recklesstown	Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Chesterfield
		Strawberry Hill
		Turpentine
Provincetown then Bridlington		Burlington	Burlington
Farnsworth's Landing		Bordentown
Black Horse	Mansfield	Columbus	Mansfield
Rising Sun Square	Mansfield		Mansfield
Kinkora	Mansfield		Mansfield
California Woods	Mansfield		Mansfield
Rising Sun Square	Mansfield		Mansfield
Georgetown	Mansfield		Mansfield
Dunk's Ferry		Beverly	Beverly
New Mills	Northampton	Pemberton	Pemberton
Plattsburg	New Hanover	Sykesville	North Hanover
Union Works	Northampton	Speedwell	Washington
Westfield	Chester	Cinnaminson	Cinnaminson
Slabtown	Springfield	Jacksonville	Springfield
Shelltown	New Hanover	Ellisdale	North Hanover
Bridgeport	Washington	Wading River	Washington
Woodwardsville	Chesterfield	North Crosswicks	Mercer County
Ayrstown/Ayrestown/Ayrston	Northampton	Hainesport	Hainesport

Burlington	1677	Chester aka Cropwell	1688
Burlington City	1693	Evesham boundary change	1801
Burlington City	1895	Cinnaminson	1860
Florence Township	1905	Moorestown	1922
Willingboro Township	1956	Became Maple Shade	1945
Chesterfield	1688	Evesham	1688
Bordentown Borough	1798	Chester	1801
Bordentown Borough	1825	Washington	1802
Bordentown Township	1849	Medford	1847
		Mount Laurel	1872
Mansfield	1688	Northampton	1688
Fieldsboro	1850	Little Egg Harbor	1740
Bordentown	1852	Washington/LEH	1802
Florence	1872	Coaxen/Southampton	1845
		Pemberton	1846
		Westhampton	1856
		Lumberton	1893
Springfield	1688	Wellenborough	1688
New Hanover	1723

Absegami - native meaning "little sea"
Assicunk - (Assisquosacunk) native meaning "place of clay"
Atsion - (Atsionk or Atsayonk) native meaning "Indians nearby"
Bass River/Township - Governor Jeremiah Basse 1698-1699
Batsto - native meaning "bathing place"
Beverly - Beverly, England
Birmingham - Birmingham, England
Bordentown - named after the Borden family
Buckingham - by/after John Buckingham
Burlington - Change and butchering of Bridlington, England
Burlington - first Provincetown, then Bridlington. The latter being a town near York, England. The named has been changed over the years.
Cambridge - Cambridge, England
Cinnaminson - (Senaminseng) native meaning "sweet water"
Chairville - for the chair factory located there, long defunct
Columbus - after Christopher
Cooperstown - William Cooper. James Fennimore Cooper's father
Crosswicks - native for "house of separation" This was where girls were placed at maturity.
Crowfoot - Place where six roads crossed, forming the shape of a crow foot.
Ellisdale - named for Francis Ellis, an early settler
Evesham - named after the Eves family that first settled there
Florence- named for daughter of one of the town's founder
Fort Dix - first Camp Dix after Civil War General John Adams Dix
Four Mile - a tavern
Friendship - Society of friends, or Quakers
Gravel Switch - from being a switch station on RR from which sand was shipped
Hainesport - named after Barclay Haines, resident
Hocakmick - named for a peddler, Hawker Mick
Jacksonville - President Jackson
Lumberton - originally Lumbertown, so named from the fact that trees were abundant in the the area and boats and rafts carried lumber and cord wood from the Rancocas Creek to various places.
Mansfield - Mansfield, England
Marlton - named for the abundance of marl pits located in the area, now most are covered over
Martha - Martha Potts, wife of iron works owner
Medford - taken from Medford, Massachusetts, said to have been suggested by Charles Read after he visited there. Also was sometimes known as Shinntown and Nebo or after areas of the current township.
Melrose - Melrose, Scotland
Moorestown - Thomas Moore, poet
Mount Laurel - taken from the "mount", land bought by the Evans family in 1693, first called Mount Pray
McGuire AFB - for WWII pilot Major Thomas B. McGuire
New Freedom - for emancipation
New and North Hanover - House of Hanover, royal house of England
Palmyra - from Palmyra, Syria, meaning "palm trees"
Parker's Mill - named for Jacob Parker
Pemberton - James Pemberton, landowner
Rancocas - native meaning "many kinsmen"
Recklesstown - named for the Reckless family
Roebling - named for John A. Roebling, a Prussian immigrant, and designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Shamong - (Oshummo onk) native meaning "place of horn"
Shreveville - named for Jonathan and Samuel Shreve
Smithville - first Parker's Mill, then Shreveville before Smithville, named for Hezekiah Bradley Smith

Vincentown - named for Vincent Leeds as Vincent's Town, then Vincenttown after which a T was dropped.
Whitesbog - for J. J. White, cranberry innovator

BURLINGTON COUNTY - TOWNSHIP BOUNDARY CHANGES

Year // Date // Action
Amwell Township 1708-1714 See under Hunterdon County
Bass River Township 1864 Mar. 30 Formed from Little Egg Harbor and Washington twps.
Beverly Borough 1850 Mar. 5 Formed within Willingboro twp.
1857 Apr. 13 Became Beverly city
Beverly City 1857 Apr. 13 Replaced Beverly borough
Referendum Apr. 13, 1957.
1877? Separated from Beverly twp.
1951 Boundary clarified with Delanco and Edgewater Park twps.
Beverly Township 1857 Mar. 1 Formed from Willingboro twp., including Beverly City.
1877? Beverly city separated from twp.
1924 Part to Edgewater Park twp.
1926 Dec. 20 Became Delanco twp.
Bordentown Borough 1825 Dec. 9 Formed within Chesterfield twp.
1849 Feb. 13 Part from Chesterfield and Nottingham twps.
Reincorporated within twp.
1867 Apr. 3 Became Bordentown city.
Bordentown City 1867 Apr. 3 Replaced Bordentown bor.
1877? Separated from Bordentown township.
Bordentown Township 1852 Mar. 3 Formed from Chesterfield and Mansfield twps. Referendum
Mar. 8, 1852. (Included Bordentown and Fieldsboro
boroughs.)
1877? Bordentown city separated from twp.
1894? Fieldsboro bor. separated from twp.
Burlington City 1693 Oct. Incorporated
1733 May 7 Reincorp. by royal charter.
Coextensive within twp.
1784 Dec. 21 Incorporated by state.
1851 Mar. 14 Reincorporated and enlarged.
1895 Part to Burlington twp.
Burlington Township 1677 Mar. 2 "Towne" authorized by Proprietors. Interrelated with city
in early years.
1798 Feb. 21 Incorporated
1851 Burlington city reincorp. within twp.
1895 Part from Burlington city. City set off from twp.
1905 Part to Florence twp.
1956 Part to Willingboro twp.
Chester Township 1688 Nov. 6 Formed. Also known as Cropwell twp. in Court records June
5, 1690 - Feb. 22, 1699.
1798 Feb. 21 Incorporated
1801 Boundary changed with Evesham twp.
1860 Part to Cinnaminson twp.
1922 Part to Moorestown twp.
1945 Became Maple Shade twp.
Chesterfield Township 1688 Nov. 6 Formed
1713 Jan. 10 Reformed by royal charter and extended
1723 Incorporated
1798 Feb. 21 Part To Bordentown bor. within twp.
1825 Part To Bordentown bor. within twp.
1849 Part to Bordentown twp.
Cinnaminson Township 1860 Mar. 15 Formed From Chester twp.
1880 Part to Delran twp.
1893 Dec. 18 Part to Riverton bor.
1894 Part to Palmyra twp.
1949 Boundary changed with Riverton bor.
Coaxen Township 1845 Mar. 10 Formed from Northampton twp.
1845 Apr. 1 Became Southampton twp.
Cropwell Township see Chester Township
Delanco Township 1926 Dec. 20 Replaced Beverly twp.
Referendum Nov. 2, 1926, recorded P. L. 1927, p. 893
1951 Boundary with Beverly City clarified
Delran Township 1880 Feb. 12 Formed from Cinnaminson twp.
1895 Part to Riverside twp.
1901 Part from Riverside twp.
Eastampton Township 1880 Feb. 11 Formed from Westhampton twp.
1882 Part from Lumberton and Southampton twps.
Edgewater Park Township 1924 Feb. 26 Formed from Beverly twp.
1951 Boundary with Beverly City clarified.
Evesham Township 1688 Nov. 6 Formed as Eversham.
1798 Incorporated as Evesham twp.
1801 Boundary changed with Chester twp.
1802 Part to Washington twp.
1847 Part to Medford twp.
1872 Part to Mount Laurel twp.
Fieldsboro Borough 1850 Mar. 7 Formed within Mansfield twp. as Fieldsborough
1894? Separated from Bordentown twp.
Florence Township 1872 Mar. 7 Formed from Mansfield twp.
1905 Part from Burlington twp.
Hainesport Township 1924 Mar. 12 Formed from Lumberton twp.
Hopewell Township 1700-1714 See Under Mercer County
Levittown Township 1959 Nov 3 Replaced Willingboro twp.
1963 Became Willingboro twp. again
Little Egg Harbor Township 1740-1891 See under Ocean County
Lumberton Township 1860 Mar. 14 Formed from Medford, Southampton and Northampton twps.
1882 Part to Eastampton twp.
1893 Part to Northampton twp.
1924 Part to Hainesport twp.
Maidenhead Township 1697-1714 See Under Mercer County
Mansfield Township 1688 Nov. 6 Formed
1770 May 9 Reformed by royal charter
1798 Feb. 21 Incorporated
1850 Part to Fieldsboro bor. within twp.
1852 Part to Bordentown twp.
1872 Part to Florence twp.
Maple Shade Township 1945 Nov. 6 Replaced Chester twp.
Referendum Nov. 6, 1945, recorded P. L. 1946, p. 1155
Medford Township 1847 Mar. 1 Formed from Evesham twp. Referendum Mar. 1, 1847
1852 Part to Shamong twp.
1860 Part to Lumberton twp.
1939 Part to Medford Lakes bor.
Medford Lakes Borough 1939 May 17 Formed from Medford twp.
Moorestown Township 1922 Mar. 11 Formed from Chester twp.
Referendum Apr. 25, 1922, recorded P. L. 1923, p.587
Mount Holly Township 1931 Nov. 6 Replaced Northampton twp.
Referendum Nov. 3, 1931, recorded P. L. 1932, p. 747
New Hanover Township 1723 Dec. 2 Formed by royal charter from Chesterfield and Springfield
twps.
1798 Feb. 21 Incorporated
1826 Part to Pemberton bor. within twp.
1846 Part to Pemberton twp.
1905 Part to North Hanover twp.
1918 Part to Wrightstown bor.
1951 Part to Wrightstown bor.
1957 Part to Wrightstown bor. Page is in P. L. 1956.
Northampton Township 1688 Nov. 6 Formed
(incomplete) 1740 Feb. 13 Part to Little Egg Harbor twp.
1798 Incorporated
1802 Part to Washington twp. (Apparently part to Little Egg
Harbor twp. by default.)
1826 Part to Pemberton bor. within twp.
1845 Part to Coaxen township
1846 Part to Pemberton twp.
1856 Part to Westhampton twp.
1893 Part from Lumberton twp.
Riverton Borough 1893 Dec. 19 Formed from Cinnaminson twp.
Referendum Dec. 12, 1893.
1894 Part to Palmyra twp.
1949 Boundary changed with Cinnaminson twp.
Shamong Township 1852 Feb. 19 Formed from Medford, Southampton and Washington twps
1866 Part to Woodland township
1901 Part to Tabernacle township.
1902 Part from Atlantic and Camden Counties
Southampton Township 1845 Apr. 1 Replaced Coaxen township.
1846 Part to Pemberton township.
1852 Part to Shamong township.
1860 Part to Lumberton township.
1882 Part to Easthampton township.
1901 Part to Tabernacle township.
Springfield Township 1688 Nov. 6 Formed
1713 Jan. 13 Reformed by Royal Charter.
1723 Part to New Hanover twp.
1798 Incorporated.
Tabernacle Township 1901 Mar. 22 Formed from Shamong, Southampton and Woodland townships.
Trenton Borough 1746-1750 (part) See under Mercer County
Washington Township 1802 Nov. 19 Formed from Evesham, Little Egg Harbor and Northampton
townships
1852 Part to Shamong township
1864 Part to Bass River township.
1866 Part to Woodland township.
1870 Part to Randolph township.
1893 Randolph township reannexed.
1902 Part from Atlantic City.
Westhampton Township 1850 Mar. 6 Formed from Northampton township.