Gloucester County, NJ

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GLOUCESTER COUNTY, situated toward the southwesterly part of New Jersey, with Delaware river on the northwest. Area, 580 square miles. Face of the country level; soil generally productive. Seat of justice, Woodbury. Pop. in 1810, 19,744; in 1820, 23,090; in 1830, 28,431; in 1840, 25,438; in 1850, 14,655. (Fanning's, 1853)
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County
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New Jersey

Gloucester County, New Jersey (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, situated toward the southwesterly part of New Jersey, with Delaware river on the northwest. Area, 580 square miles. Face of the country level; soil generally productive. Seat of justice, Woodbury. Pop. in 1810, 19,744; in 1820, 23,090; in 1830, 28,431; in 1840, 25,438; in 1850, 14,655.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 139.
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