Monroeville is an
unincorporated community located within portions of
Elk Township in
Gloucester County and
Upper Pittsgrove Township in
Salem County, in the
U.S. state of
New Jersey. The area is served as
United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08343. Monroeville is mostly filled with wooded areas and farms.
Most of the residents attend Upper Pittsgrove School if they are in the Upper Pittsgrove Township portion, although some attend Olivet Elementary in Pittsgrove Township.
Monroeville was named after Rev. Samuel Y. Monroe, and had also been called Monroe Station for the train depot located in the area. It had contained a cigar factory, a blacksmith shop and a creamery. During the 1880s and 1890s, it was one of several South Jersey destinations settled by
Russian Jewish
The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest pop ...
immigrants who were offered transportation by ship from Europe, and were provided with land and a cow in farming colonies.
[Vernon, Leonard F.; and Meyers, Allan]
''Jewish South Jersey''
p. 7. Arcadia Publishing, 2007. . Accessed April 9, 2015.
As of the
2010 United States Census
The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...
, the population for
ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08343 was 5,030.
[DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 - 2010 Census Summary File 1 for ZCTA 08343]
, United States Census Bureau. Accessed April 5, 2015. As of the
2000 census, the population was 4,596.
[DP-1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for ZCTA 08343]
, United States Census Bureau. Accessed April 5, 2015.
References
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Elk Township, New Jersey
Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Salem County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey