Landisville is an

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located within Buena in

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. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 08326. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for

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08326 was 1,280.

History

Charles K. Landis Charles Kline Landis (March 16, 1833 – June 12, 1900) was a property developer in South Jersey, who was the founder and developer of Vineland, New Jersey, Vineland and Sea Isle City, New Jersey, Sea Isle City. Career His first foray as ...

was a land developer who was the driving force behind the creation of Hammonton and

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. Landis also had a hand in establishing other small towns, including Landisville. He planned to make it county seat of a new county called Landis County, which would incorporate land from the surrounding counties. However, the locals were against this, and began calling him "King Landis".

Education

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is the public school district, which operates

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. Notre Dame Regional School of the

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had one of its two campuses in Landisville, with the other in Newfield in Gloucester County. The school closed in 2012. It had 270 students at the time of closure. That year remnants of the school formed the non-Catholic Edgarton Christian Academy in Newfield. 263 of the former Notre Dame students moved to Edgarton.

Attractions

* Bellview Winery * St. Padre Pio Shrine

References

External links

Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08326
from the

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{{Authority control Buena, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Atlantic County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey