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Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to:
Australia
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* the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Australia
Canada
*Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
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,
New Jersey
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, United States. The area is served as
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ZIP code 08302. The unincorporated community and the
census-designated Place
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Seabrook Farms
Seabrook Farms is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Seabrook, which is in turn located in Upper Deerfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.Charles F. Seabrook, a businessman who at one point ran the largest irrigated
truck farm
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in the world in this region.
As of the
2010 United States Census
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, the population for
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United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed December 28, 2014. As of the
2000 United States Census
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, the population was 44,450.
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
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system, Seabrook has a
humid subtropical climate
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, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Seabrook Farms
Charles F. Seabrook and his three sons ran a frozen foods business in Seabrook. During World War II, they faced a labor shortage for their food processing plants. This led the company to recruit interned
Japanese Americans
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starting in late 1943 and to bring in after the war. Within a year, nearly 1,000 workers had relocated to Seabrook from
Japanese American internment
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camps, and the total number of Japanese Americans resettled there reached close to 3,000. Many transplanted families remained at Seabrook after the war where the company continued to grow and prosper.
Also recruited were Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry who had been rounded up and transported to American internment camps run by the U.S. Justice Department.Niiya, Brian. ''Japanese American History''. 1993, page 191Nanami, Masaharu (
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'', Sep 16, 2009. These Latin American internees were eventually, through the efforts of civil rights attorney Wayne M. Collins, offered "
parole
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" relocation to Seabrook.Higashide, Seiichi. (2000 ''Adios to Tears,'' p. 179. /ref> Many eventually became naturalized American citizens.
In October 1994, some area residents who used to work at Seabrook Farms opened a small museum called the Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center. The museum has two rooms with displays and video kiosks that tell the story of Seabrook Farms and the people who worked and lived there.
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