Churchtown, historically known as Penns Neck, is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located north of Pennsville in Pennsville Township,

Salem County Salem County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its western boundary is formed by the Delaware River and its eastern terminus is the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which connects the county with New Castle, Delaware. Its cou ...

, New Jersey. St. George's Episcopal Church was started here in 1714 by Swedish and Finnish settlers as a

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

church. File:Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson - a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in (14593337090).jpg, St. George's, Penns Neck, N.J.
Illustration from 1903

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* Pennsville Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Salem County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey Swedish American culture in New Jersey Finnish-American culture in New Jersey Swedish-American history Finnish-American history New Sweden Churches in New Sweden {{SalemCountyNJ-geo-stub

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