Salisbury Farm, also known as the Salisbury Site, is a prehistoric and historic archaeological site located in the Bridgeport section of Logan Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the vicinity of Raccoon Creek and the

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...

, it was the site of both Native American habitation and of early colonial settlement in the mid-17th century. The site, first investigated under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration in 1937, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1979. In 1939, the State Archaeologist Dorothy Cross may have found two possible

earthfast A post in ground construction, also called earthfast or hole-set posts, is a type of construction in which vertical, roof-bearing timbers, called posts, are in direct contact with the ground. They may be placed into excavated postholes, driven ...

buildings from the 1670s to 1680s occupation of the Salisbury site.

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{{NRHP in Gloucester County, New Jersey Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Native American history of New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Logan Township, New Jersey

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