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Vincentown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on the South Branch Rancocas Creek in Southampton Township of
Burlington County, New Jersey Burlington County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The county is the largest by area in New Jersey. Its county seat is Mount Holly.
. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 08088. 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 08088 was 24,664.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08088
United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 18, 2016.


Demographics


History

In 1743, Vincent Leeds purchased the land where the community is now built. It was later named after him, Vincent's Town. Previously, the village had been known as Brimstone Neck.


Historic district

The Vincentown Historic District is a
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
roughly bounded by Mill, Church, Pleasant, Main, and Race Streets, and Red Lion Road encompassing the community. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1988 for its significance in architecture, commerce, industry, religion, and social history. The district includes 160
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and 3 contributing sites. With The John Woolston House, a two and one-half story brick house with
Federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...
, was previously documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1938. The house at 57 Main Street is a three story Italianate style house featuring a cupola with a tree-type finial. It was built and is a key contributing property. File:Vincentown Historic District (34).JPG, Italianate house at 57 Main Street


Transportation

Red Lion Airport is located in Vincentown.


Points of interest

* The
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has its headquarters and visitor center at the Bishop–Irick Farmstead, which is listed on the NRHP. *
DeMastro Vineyards DeMastro Vineyards is a winery in the Vincentown section of Southampton in Burlington County, New Jersey.New Jersey Department of Treasury. " DeMastro Vineyards Incorporation Documents" (1 May 2013). Retrieved 13 June 2013. DeMastro has 31 acres o ...


Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Vincentown include: * Samuel A. Dobbins (1814–1886), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873–1877. *
Brad Ecklund Bradford Sterling Ecklund (May 9, 1922 – February 6, 2010 ) was a center in the AAFC and in the National Football League. He was chosen twice (1950, 1951) to play in the Pro Bowl. He was born in Los Angeles and died in Mount Holly Township, N ...
(1922–2010), center who played five seasons in the NFL. * Job H. Lippincott (1842–1900), United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. * Chauncey Morehouse (1902–1980), jazz drummer. * Jim Saxton (born 1943),
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from 1984 to 2009. Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. ''
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1988', p. 764. ''
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'', 1987.
* Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering missionary teacher in China.


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey


References


External links

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Vincent Fire CompanyPreservation Commission of Historic Southampton
{{Authority control Southampton Township, New Jersey Populated places in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey) Unincorporated communities in Burlington County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey Census-designated places in Burlington County, New Jersey