Updated 23 JAN 2009; 8:32  pm CST
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
(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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Archives
Updated 26 AUG 2008
...*..GloucesterCounty Archives
...*..NewJersey Archives
...*..USGenWebArchives
...*..StateArchives
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Cemeteries
Updated 22 JAN 2009
..*..CemeteriesIndex (with some cemetery listings)
..*..CemeteryMap
..*..ThePolitical Graveyard
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Census
Updated 23 JAN 2009
..*..CensusProject
..*..CensusOnline
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Family Group Sheets
Updated 23 JAN 2009
..*..ForGloucester County
..*..ForNew Jersey
..*..ForAll States
..*..LineageProject
..*..WorldConnect
History
Updated 27 AUG 2008
..*..OldGloucester 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-dayAtlantic County and Camden County. 

The county has a total area of337 square miles; 325 square miles of
it is land &12 square milesiswater.

The county was named for Gloucester(or Gloucestershire), England
Gloucester County is one of21 counties in New Jersey.

Gloucester dates back to 26 May 1686, when courtswere 
established separate from those of Burlington. Itwas officially formed and its boundaries defined as part of West Jerseyon 17 May 1694. Portions of Gloucester County were set off on 07 February1837 to create Atlantic County, and on 13 March 1844 to create Camden County,NJ.

Woodbury, founded in 1683 by Henry Wood (no relationto this CC), is the oldest town in the county.  National Park, anothertown in the county, was the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of RedBank (now included in a county park) where Fort Mercer once stood. Herecan be seen the remains of the British ship Augusta (stored in a shed inthe park), which sank during the battle. During the colonial era, GloucesterCounty's main economic activity was agriculture. In Woodbury (even thenthe main town) was located the county courthouse, the county jail, a Quakermeeting house (still in existence), and an inn (on the current locationof Woodbury Crossings). Because of the county's many creeks leading tothe Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean, smuggling was very common. 
(Thanks to wikipedia for this info:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)

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Mail Lists
Updated 31 AUG 2008
..*..NJGLOUCE--tosubscribe, click here
Gloucester County, New Jersey
..*..NJGLOUCEArchives
..*..NJ-GLOUC-GLASSBORO--tosubscribe, click here
Glassboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey
..*..NJ-GLOUC-NEWFIELD--tosubscribe, click here
Newfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey
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Maps
Updated 26 AUG 2008
..*..HistoricCounty Maps Collection
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Marriages, etc.
Updated 30 AUG 2008
..*..MarriagesPosted to this site
..*..VitalRecords
Miscellaneous
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Neighbors
Updated 26 AUG 2008
..*..AtlanticCounty, NJ--(South East)
..*..CamdenCounty, NJ--(North East)
..*..CumberlandCounty, NJ--(South)
..*..DelawareCounty, PA--(North West)
..*..NewCastle, DE--(West)
..*..PhiladelphiaCounty, PA--(North)
..*..SalemCounty, NJ--(South West)
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Populated Places
Updated 30 AUG 2008
..*..Barnsboro
..*..Beckett
..*..Bridgeport
..*..CenterSquare
..*..Clayton(borough)
..*..DeptfordTownship
..*..EastGreenwich Township
..*..ElkTownship
..*..FranklinTownship
..*..Gibbstown
..*..Glassboro(borough)
..*..GreenwichTownship
..*..HarrisonTownship
..*..LoganTownship
..*..MantuaTownship
..*..MonroeTownship
..*..MullicaHill
..*..NationalPark (borough)
..*..Newfield(borough)
..*..Nortonville
..*..OakValley
..*..Paulsboro(borough)
..*..Pitman(borough)
..*..Repanpo
..*..Sewell
..*..SouthHarrison Township
..*..Swedesboro(borough)
..*..Turnersville
..*..VictoryLakes
..*..WashingtonTownship
..*..Wenonah(borough)
..*..WestDeptford Township
..*..Westville(borough)
..*..Williamstown
..*..Woodbury(city)
..*..WoodburyHeights (borough)
..*..WoolwichTownship
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Queries
Updated 23 JAN 2009
..*..CousinConnect for Gloucester County
..*..GenForumfor Gloucester County
..*..RootsWebGloucester County Message Boards
..*..RootsWebGloucester County Mail List
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Resources
Updated 27 AUG 2008
..*..GloucesterCounty Library
..*..NewJersey State Library
..*..HistoricalSociety
..*..Resourcesat RootsWeb
..*..WorldGenWeb
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Surnames
Updated 21 JAN 2009
..*..Surnames
..*..SurnameResources at RootsWeb
..*..LineageProject
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