Woodbury is the
county seat
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of
Gloucester County in the U.S. state of
New Jersey
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. It is part of the
South Jersey
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region of the state.
[New Jersey County Map]
, New Jersey Department of State
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. Accessed July 10, 2017. As of the
2010 U.S. census, the city's population was 10,174,
[DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Woodbury city, Gloucester County, New Jersey]
, United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed July 9, 2012.[Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Woodbury city]
, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
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. Accessed July 9, 2012. reflecting a decline of 133 (−1.3%) from the 10,307 in the 2000 census.
Woodbury was originally formed as a borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
on March 27, 1854, within Deptford Township based on the results of a March 22, 1854 referendum. On January 2, 1871, Woodbury was reincorporated as a city based on the results of a referendum held that day.[Snyder, John P]
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 141. Accessed July 9, 2012.
Inspira Health Network
Inspira Health is a charitable non-profit health care organization comprising three hospitals, two additional emergency rooms, and several multi-specialty health centers among other locations. These include urgent care, cancer treatment, imaging, ...
is based in Woodbury. The now-defunct Woodbury Country Club operated in Woodbury from 1897 to 2010, closing due to declining membership and mounting debt that led to its 2013 bankruptcy filing.
The city had the 14th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey with an equalized rate of 4.582% as of 2020 compared to 3.212% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.
History
As recounted by historian William McMahon, the Native Americans called the place where the city of Woodbury is now located "Piscozackasing", or "place of the black burrs".
Woodbury was founded in 1683 by Henry Wood, a Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
from North West England
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who left Great Britain due to religious persecution. Wood was incarcerated in Lancaster for practicing as a Quaker and left his home in Tottington near Bury
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, Lancashire in a boat to set up a community in the new world where he and his family could practice his religion freely. His surname and hometown inspired naming the city that he founded Woodbury.
In 2000, Bury, England, and Woodbury were twinned as part of millennium celebrations in both countries. The twinning ceremony was the culmination of a week where more than 300 school children and college students, local dignitaries, and local residents from Bury took part in sporting and cultural events held in and around Woodbury. During the week, there was a symbolic meeting and reconciliation of the Vicar
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of Henry Wood's former church in Tottington and the Quaker meeting house in Woodbury and an ecumenical service attended by many of the residents and visitors.
Paleontological discovery
In 1787, a fossil bone recovered in Woodbury from local Cretaceous strata was discussed by the American Philosophical Society
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in Philadelphia.[Dodson, Peter (1997). "American Dinosaurs." ''Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs''. Edited by Phillip J. Currie and Kevin Padian. ]Academic Press
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. p. 10-13. The remains were only retrospectively identified as dinosaurian, as dinosaurs would not be scientifically recognized as a distinct group of reptiles until August of 1841.
Recycling
Woodbury was the first city in the United States to mandate recycling
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. This effort was led by then-councilman and later mayor Donald P. Sanderson in the 1970s, and an ordinance was finally passed in December 1980. The idea of towing a recycling trailer behind a trash collection vehicle to enable the collection of trash and recyclable material at the same time emerged. Sanderson was asked to speak in municipalities throughout the country and other towns and cities soon followed suit.
Historic district
There are numerous contributing properties
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to the Broad Street Historic District encompassing Broad Street (located between Woodbury Creek and Courtland Street) Highland Mills,and Delaware Street (located between Broad and Wood streets) including the Gloucester County Courthouse, which was placed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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(#1429) in 1988.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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, the city had a total area of 2.10 square miles (5.45 km2), including 2.02 square miles (5.23 km2) of land and 0.08 square miles (0.22 km2) of water (3.95%).
The city borders Deptford Township, West Deptford Township, and Woodbury Heights.
Climate
Woodbury has a humid subtropical climate
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(Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa'') typical of New Jersey with warm summers and cold winters.
Demographics
2010 census
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey
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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted
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dollars) median household income
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was $58,629 (with a margin of error of +/− $4,598) and the median family income was $74,276 (+/− $7,880). Males had a median income of $57,019 (+/− $3,425) versus $37,363 (+/− $6,910) for females. The per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the borough was $28,845 (+/− $2,571). About 7.8% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over.
2000 census
As of the 2020 U.S. census
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, there were 10,307 people, 4,051 households, and 2,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,961.4 people per square mile (1,913.2/km2). There were 4,310 housing units at an average density of 2,074.7 per square mile (800.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 72.45% White
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, 22.83% African American
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, 0.22% Native American, 0.99% Asian
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, 0.14% Pacific Islander
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, 1.28% from other races
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, and 2.10% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race were 3.94% of the population.[Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Woodbury city]
, United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed July 9, 2012.[DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Woodbury city, New Jersey]
, United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed July 9, 2012.
There were 4,051 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 18.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.08.[
In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.][
The median income for a household in the city was $41,827 and the median income for a family was $53,630. Males had a median income of $40,429 versus $30,570 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,592. About 11.2% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 15.4% of those age 65 or over.][
]
Government
Local government
Woodbury is governed under the City
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form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 15 municipalities (of the 564) statewide. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the City Council. A Mayor is elected at-large
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directly by the voters for a two-year term of office. The City Council is comprised of nine members, three from each of three wards, elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with one seat from each ward
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coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.[''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', ]Rutgers University
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
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, March 2013, p. 28.
, the Mayor of Woodbury is Democrat
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Politics
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Peg Sickel, whose term ends December 31, 2022. Members of the Woodbury City Council are Council President Philip Haggerty (D, 2024; Ward 3), Danielle Carter (D, 2022; Ward 1), William H. Fleming Jr. (D, 2024; Ward 2), Frances Harwell (D, 2023; Ward 2), Reed Merinuk (D, 2022; Ward 3), Donna Miller (D, 2023; Ward 1), Kyle Miller (D, 2023; Ward 3), Karlene O'Connor (D, 2022; Ward 2) and Thomas Pisarcik (D, 2024; Ward 1).[City Council Members]
, City of Woodbury. Accessed July 23, 2022.[''Gloucester County 2022 Official Directory'']
, Gloucester County, New Jersey
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Gloucester County is located approximately southeast of Philadelphia and northwest of Atlantic City. I ...
. Accessed May 1, 2022.[General Election November 2, 2021 Unofficial Results]
, Gloucester County, New Jersey
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Gloucester County is located approximately southeast of Philadelphia and northwest of Atlantic City. I ...
, updated November 15, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.[General Election November 3, 2020 Unofficial Results]
, Gloucester County, New Jersey
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Gloucester County is located approximately southeast of Philadelphia and northwest of Atlantic City. I ...
, updated November 18, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.[General Election November 5, 2019 Summary Report Unofficial Results]
, Gloucester County, New Jersey
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Gloucester County is located approximately southeast of Philadelphia and northwest of Atlantic City. I ...
Clerk, November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
In April 2017, the City Council selected Karlene O'Connor from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Second Ward seat expiring in December 2019 that had been held by David Trovato until he resigned from office earlier in the month.
At the January 2017 reorganization meeting, the City Council chose Kenneth McIlvaine from three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the Third Ward seat expiring in December 2017 that was vacated by Jessica Floyd when she took office as mayor.
The Democratic sweep in November 2012 of the three council seats and mayor gave the party a 6–3 majority on the 2013 council.
Federal, state and county representation
Woodbury is located in the 1st Congressional District[Plan Components Report]
, New Jersey Redistricting Commission
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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district.[Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District]
, New Jersey Department of State
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. Accessed February 1, 2020.[''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government'']
, New Jersey League of Women Voters
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. Accessed October 30, 2019.
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 6,368 registered voters in Woodbury, of which 2,255 (35.4%) were registered as Democrats, 1,162 (18.2%) were registered as Republicans and 2,948 (46.3%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered as Libertarians
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or Greens.
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama
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received 67.7% of the vote (2,972 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney
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with 30.9% (1,356 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (65 votes), among the 4,430 ballots cast by the city's 6,623 registered voters (37 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 66.9%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 66.9% of the vote (3,216 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain
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with 30.9% (1,487 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (58 votes), among the 4,806 ballots cast by the city's 6,829 registered voters, for a turnout of 70.4%. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry
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received 60.1% of the vote (2,735 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush
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with 38.3% (1,742 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (43 votes), among the 4,547 ballots cast by the city's 6,521 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 69.7.
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie
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Christie, who was born in Ne ...
received 58.6% of the vote (1,499 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono
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with 39.4% (1,007 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (51 votes), among the 2,608 ballots cast by the city's 6,370 registered voters (51 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 40.9%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine
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received 51.8% of the vote (1,416 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 36.4% (995 votes), Independent Chris Daggett
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with 8.5% (232 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (34 votes), among the 2,732 ballots cast by the city's 6,649 registered voters, yielding a 41.1% turnout.
Education
Woodbury Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten
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through twelfth grade
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. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district is comprised of four schools and had an enrollment of 1,550 students and 129.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis) for a student–teacher ratio
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of 12.0:1.[District information for Woodbury City Public School District]
, National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed April 1, 2020. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are
Evergreen Avenue Elementary School with 291 students in grades Pre-K–5,
Walnut Street Elementary School with 117 students in grades Pre-K–5,
West End Memorial Elementary School with 435 students in grades K–5 and
Woodbury Junior-Senior High School
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with 680 students in grades 6–12.
Students from across Gloucester County are eligible to apply to attend Gloucester County Institute of Technology
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, a four-year high school in Deptford Township that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school.
Holy Angels Catholic School, a Catholic
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school serving students in Pre-K–8 is located in Woodbury in the building built originally as St. Patrick's School in 1944. It was established in 2017 by the Bishop of Camden as the successor to Holy Trinity Regional School, which was created as part of the 2007 merger of the parish catholic schools of St. Patrick's, St. Matthew's of National Park
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and Most Holy Redeemer of Westville Grove.
Transportation
Roads and highways
, the city had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Gloucester County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
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.
Route 45, also known as Mantua Avenue and Broad Street at various points, enters the city at its southernmost point from West Deptford Township and proceeds for before heading along the Deptford Township/West Deptford Township border at the north end of the city.
County Route 551 (Salem Avenue) enters from West Deptford Township in the southwest and proceeds for before beginning a concurrency with Route 45.
Public transportation
NJ Transit
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bus service between the city and Philadelphia
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is available on the 401 (from Salem), 402
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(from Pennsville Township), 410 (from Bridgeton), and 412 (from Sewell) routes, and local service is offered on the 455 ( Cherry Hill to Paulsboro) and 463
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(between Woodbury and the Avandale Park/Ride in Winslow Township) routes.
Beginning in the 1860s and ending in 1971, passenger train service was provided by the Camden and Woodbury Railroad
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, West Jersey Railroad, West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
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. Woodbury station
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was built in 1883 and renovated in 2000.
Two stops, at Red Bank Avenue and Woodbury station, on the proposed Glassboro–Camden Line
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, an diesel multiple unit
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(DMU) light rail system, are planned. Originally projected for completion in 2019, the line has since been delayed until at least 2025.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodbury include:
* Clifford Addams (1876–1942), former painter and etcher
* Ken Albers (1924–2007), singer with the Four Freshmen
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*Don Amendolia
Don Amendolia (born February 1, 1945 in Glassboro, New Jersey) is an American actor.
Career
He played Big Al Kennedy in NBC's soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', had a recurring role on ''Twin Peaks'', and appeared in one episode of ''Cheers''.
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(born 1945), actor
* Anthony Averett (born 1994), professional football player, Las Vegas Raiders
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*John Boyd Avis
John Boyd Avis (July 11, 1875 – January 21, 1944) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Education and career
Avis was born in Deerfield, New Jersey, the son of a New Jersey ass ...
(1875–1944), former U.S. federal judge
*Eli Ayers
Eli Ayers (May 9, 1778 – April 25, 1822) was a physician and the first colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in what later became Liberia. He was born in 1778 in Shiloh, New Jersey, and married Elizabeth West in 1812. He pract ...
(1778–1822), former physician and the first colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in what would later become Liberia
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* George Benjamin Jr. (1919–1944), U.S. Army
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soldier and a posthumous recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor
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, for his actions during the Philippines campaign of World War II
*J. S. G. Boggs
James Stephen George Boggs (January 16, 1955 – January 22, 2017) was an American artist, best known for his hand-drawn depictions of banknotes. Due to his pre- Bitcoin philosophical questions about the value of fiat currency; his early interes ...
(1955–2017), former artist best known for his hand-drawn depictions of banknotes
* Carroll William "Boardwalk" Brown (1889–1977), a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics
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*Roscoe Lee Browne
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(1922–2007), character actor
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and former athlete
*Dave Budd
David L. Budd (born October 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played for the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks.
Early life
Budd grew up in Woodbury and attended Woodbury Junior-Senior High School. By sophom ...
(born 1938), former NBA player for the New York Knicks
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who was one of the three centers for the Knicks assigned to guard Wilt Chamberlain
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in the game in which he scored 100 points vs. 13 points for Budd
*King Kong Bundy
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(1957–2019), former WWE
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wrestler
*Dave Calloway (born 1968), former men's basketball head coach, Monmouth University
*Kyle Cassidy (born 1966), professional photographer
*Joe Colone (1926–2009), former professional basketball player, New York Knicks
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*John Cooper (New Jersey politician), John Cooper (1729–1785), member of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 and 1776 who served on the committee that drafted New Jersey's first constitution
*Mike Cox (fullback), Mike Cox (born 1985), former professional football player, Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs
*Daniel Dalton (American politician), Daniel Dalton (born 1949), politician who served as New Jersey Senate Majority Leader and as Secretary of State of New Jersey
*Franklin Davenport (1755–1832), Benjamin Franklin's nephew and a Federalist Party (United States), Federalist Party United States Senate, U.S. Senator
*Donald J. Farish (born 1942), former president of Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, Glassboro
*Joe Fields (born 1953), former professional football player, New York Giants and New York Jets
*Oscar Fraley (1914–1994), co-author, with Eliot Ness, of ''The Untouchables (1957 book), The Untouchables'' which sold 1.5 million copies
*Craig Goess (born 1981), former NASCAR and ARCA Menards Series race car driver
*George Gill Green (1842–1925), a patent medicine entrepreneur and American Civil War colonel
*Grace Helbig (born 1985), comedian, actress, author, and creator and host of the web series ''It's Grace''
*Robert C. Hendrickson (1898–1964), former United States Senator from New Jersey
*Donald F. Holmes (1910–1980), inventor
*Nelson Jones (born 1964), professional football player for the San Diego Chargers
*John Joseph Kitchen (1911–1973), former U.S. federal judge
*George Knapp (journalist), George Knapp (born 1952), investigative journalist
*Tom Kovach (born 1969), American attorney and former politician who served in the Delaware House of Representatives
*George F. Kugler Jr. (1925–2004), lawyer who served as New Jersey Attorney Generalref>Holmes, Kristin E
'George Kugler Jr., former N.J. attorney general"
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', August 4, 2004. Accessed November 12, 2013. "Born in Woodbury, Mr. Kugler graduated from the Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J., in 1943."
*David Laganella (born 1974), composer
*Jonathan V. Last (born 1974), ''The Weekly Standard'' columnist
*James Lawrence (1781–1813), who coined the phrase "Don't give up the ship" during the War of 1812
*Mike McBath (born 1946), former defensive end for the Buffalo Bills and part-owner of the Orlando Predators
*Bryant McKinnie (born 1979), former professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens
*Dan Meyer (pitcher), Dan Meyer (born 1981), former professional baseball player, Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins, and Oakland Athletics
*Dave Miller (baseball), Dave Miller (born 1966), former coach (baseball), bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball
*Tyler Miller (soccer), Tyler Miller (born 1993), professional soccer player
*J. Hampton Moore (1864–1950), former Congressman and Mayor of Philadelphia (1920–1924; 1932–1936)
*Tim O'Shea (born 1962), men's basketball head coach of the Bryant Bulldogs
*Paul Owens (baseball), Paul Owens (1924–2003), manager of the 1983 National League Pennant-winning Philadelphia Phillies
*Francis F. Patterson Jr. (1867–1935), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1927
*Jack Pierce (athlete), Jack Pierce (born 1962), Olympic bronze medalist in the 110 metres hurdles, 100-meter high hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Olympic Games
*Chris Pressley (born 1986), former Fullback (American football), fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals
*John Chandler Rafferty (1816–1880), politician
*Ronny J (born 1992), record producer, rapper, and singer
*H. Browning Ross (1924–1998), Olympian in long-distance running (1948) and gold medal winner in the 1,500-meter at the 1951 Pan American Games
*Patti Smith (born 1946), singer-songwriter
*Heather Spytek (born 1977), June 2001 ''Playboy Magazine'' Playmate of the Month
*Dennis Joseph Sullivan, Dennis Sullivan (born 1945), Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden bishop
*Al Szolack (born 1950), former member of the Washington Generals traveling basketball team
*D. K. Ulrich (born 1944), former NASCAR driver and owner
*David Ogden Watkins (1862–1938), former acting Governor of New Jersey and mayor of Woodbury from 1886 to 1890
*Ann Cooper Whitall (1716–1797), a Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
woman known for her actions at the Battle of Red Bank
*John M. Whitall (1800–1877), sea captain, businessman, and philanthropist
*John L. White (1930–2001), former politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and in the New Jersey Senate
*Raymond Zane (born 1939), former politician who served in the New Jersey Senate, where he represented the New Jersey's 3rd legislative district, 3rd Legislative District''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 208, Part 2''
, p. 187. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1999. Accessed September 6, 1999. "The senator was born in Woodbury on July 23, 1939."
References
External links
Official Woodbury website
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Woodbury, New Jersey,
1854 establishments in New Jersey
Cities in Gloucester County, New Jersey
City form of New Jersey government
County seats in New Jersey
Populated places established in 1854