Good Intent, New Jersey

Good Intent, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
CR 534 eastbound through Good Intent
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Coordinates: 39°48′15″N75°04′40″W / 39.80417°N 75.07778°W / 39.80417; -75.07778
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Gloucester
Township	Deptford
Elevation	56 ft (17 m)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	876664 [1]

Good Intent is an unincorporated community located in Deptford Township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[1] [2]}

The community is located along a tributary of Big Timber Creek.

History

An early settler, George Ward, purchased 250 acres (100 ha) of land at Good Intent in 1701 and erected small mills. ^[3]

A cloth mill was erected in 1829. The three-story building was destroyed by fire in 1840, but was soon rebuilt. About eight years later it burned down again, and was again rebuilt. ^[3] A mail stage coach began service in 1834 "to leave Good Intent every morning, Sundays excepted". ^{[3] : 449}

In 1836, a factory was established at Good Intent which manufactured handles for pitch forks and shovels. The raw lumber was brought in on scows, and the finished product was transported to Philadelphia. ^[3]

The Good Intent Church was noted to exist during the 1840s. ^[3]

An improved road to Good Intent was built from Williamstown (then called "Squankum") in 1853. ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Intent
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
3. Prowell, George Reeser (1886). The History of Camden County, New Jersey. L. J. Richards. pp.  449, 681, 683, 684, 691.
4. Proceedings, Constitution, By-laws, List of Members, &c., of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey. With Historical and Biographical Sketches Relating to New Jersey. S. Chew. 1880. p. 103.