Gibbstown is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

(CDP) located within Greenwich Township, in Gloucester County,

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. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the CDP's population was 3,739.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Gibbstown CDP, New Jersey
,

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. Accessed November 10, 2012. Gibbstown is the location of

C. A. Nothnagle Log House C. A. Nothnagle Log House, also known as Braman-Nothnagle Log House, is a historic house on Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road in the Gibbstown section of Greenwich Township, New Jersey. It is one of the oldest surviving log houses in the United States ...

, purportedly the oldest house in New Jersey and the oldest surviving log house in the U.S., dating to around 1638.

Geography

According to the

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, Gibbstown had a total area of 1.642 square miles (4.253 km²), all of which was land.US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014. The

Port of Paulsboro The Port of Paulsboro is located on the Delaware River and Mantua Creek in and around Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, approximately from the Atlantic Ocean. Traditionally one of the nation's busiest for marine transfer operations ...

is located on the

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and

Mantua Creek Mantua Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Mantua Creek's headwaters are near Glassboro, flowing northwest for 18.6 miles (29.9 kilometers) to the Delaware River at the Port of Paulsboro i ...

in and around Paulsboro. Traditionally one of the nation's busiest for marine transfer operations of petroleum products, including the Paulsboro Refinery, which is mostly located in Gibbstown. The port is being redeveloped as an adaptable ''omniport'' able to handle a diversity of

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and shipping containers. Studies completed in 2012 concluded that the port is well suited to become a center for the manufacture, assembly, and transport of

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s and platforms the development of Atlantic Wind Connection

Demographics

Census 2010

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 3,758 people, 1,453 households, and 1,060 families living in the CDP. The

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was 890.2/km² (2,302.4/mi²). There were 1,513 housing units at an average density of 358.4/km² (927.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.65%

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, 1.09%

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, 0.11% Native American, 0.69% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.32% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the population.DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Gibbstown CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed November 10, 2012. There were 1,453 households, out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were

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living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.05. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $50,444, and the median income for a family was $59,833. Males had a median income of $41,200 versus $31,225 for females. The

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for the CDP was $23,931. About 1.2% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the

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, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Greenwich Township School District operates the area public schools except high school, which is operated by

Paulsboro Public Schools The Paulsboro Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, ...

. Guardian Angels Regional School is a K-8 school that operates under the auspices of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Church in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It consists of 62 parishes and about 475,000 Catholics in the Southern Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cum ...

. Its PreK-3 campus is in Gibbstown while its 4-8 campus is in Paulsboro.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gibbstown include: *

Sylvia Earle Sylvia Alice Earle (née Reade; born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998. Earle was the first female chief scien ...

(born 1935), marine biologist, oceanographer and explorer. * Alex Silvestro (born 1988), former football

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who played in the NFL for the

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and

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

.Duggan, Dan
"Rutgers alums Tiquan Underwood and Alex Silvestro recall when Super Bowl fates intersected"
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 1, 2015. Accessed July 6, 2015. "Signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent out of Rutgers in 2011, Silvestro was released in the final round of preseason roster cuts. The defensive end from Gibbstown was re-signed to the Patriots' practice squad three weeks into the season."

References

External links

{{Wikivoyage, Gibbstown Census-designated places in Gloucester County, New Jersey Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey New Sweden