Good Intent, New Jersey

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Coordinates: 39°48′15″N75°04′40″W / 39.80417°N 75.07778°W / 39.80417; -75.07778 Coordinates: 39°48′15″N75°04′40″W / 39.80417°N 75.07778°W / 39.80417; -75.07778
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Gloucester
Township Deptford
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID876664 [1]

Good Intent is an unincorporated community located within Deptford Township, in Gloucester County, 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Intent
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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.