Wolfert, New Jersey

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Wolfert, New Jersey
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Wolfert's location in Gloucester County (Inset: Gloucester County in New Jersey)
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Wolfert (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°47′02″N75°15′40″W / 39.78389°N 75.26111°W / 39.78389; -75.26111
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Gloucester
Township East Greenwich
Elevation
49 ft (15 m)
GNIS feature ID881897 [1]

Wolfert was an unincorporated community located within East Greenwich Township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] [2]

History

An early settler was Solomon Lippincott, who purchased 200 acres (81 ha) of land at that location in 1741. In 1756, a local branch of the Society of Friends used Lippincott's home as a place of worship. "Solomons Graveyard" (extant) was established on the property, the earliest burials dating from 1795. [3] [4]

A branch of the West Jersey Railroad was constructed in 1871, and a station was erected in Wolfert. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wolfert". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. "Locality Search". State of New Jersey. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. "The History of Solomon's Meeting, Solomon's Graveyard". East Greenwich New Jersey History & Genealogy. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. "Solomons Graveyard". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. "South Jersey Rails 1871". West Jersey and South Jersey Heritage. July 2, 2005.
  6. Industries of New Jersey. Historical Publishing Company. 1882. pp.  136.