Retreat, New Jersey

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Retreat, New Jersey
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Along Big Hill Road
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Location in Burlington County (Inset: Burlington County in New Jersey)
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Retreat (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°54′59″N74°42′46″W / 39.91639°N 74.71278°W / 39.91639; -74.71278
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Burlington
Township Southampton
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
Area code 609
GNIS feature ID879666 [1]

Retreat is an unincorporated community and former hamlet located within Southampton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] The area consists of some residential houses grouped together along Big Hill Road and Retreat Road. A large cranberry bog exists to the southeast of the community while Leisuretowne retirement community is located southwest of here. Most of the remaining area consists of forestland. [4]

The community was originally named New Retreat during the American Revolutionary War by a Continental Army soldier who used the site for a cannonball manufacturing. The site was concealed from the British army who at the time was occupying present-day Mount Holly. Retreat was later home to cotton mills which operated until the 1840s. [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Retreat, New Jersey
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey (1893). Bulletin - United States Geological Survey, Issues 111-121. The Survey. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  4. Google (June 17, 2016). "Aerial view of Retreat" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  5. Shaw, W.H. (1883). "Southampton Township: Villages & Hamlets - Red Lion, Beaveville, & Retreat". Woodward and Hageman. The Preservation Commission of Historic Southampton. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.