Sewell ( ) is a

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(CDP) and

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within Mantua Township, Gloucester County, in the

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, within the

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. There are also areas around Sewell in Washington Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 3,346. The CDP was named after United States Senator William Joyce Sewell. The community is served as

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. Accessed March 22, 2012. Sewell is home to Rowan College of South Jersey. Sewell is also the site of the Inversand

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pit, the last operational greensand mine in the world. The location has become renowned for its

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and is similar to many of the sites studied by early paleontologists, particularly

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. It is also home to the Barnsboro Inn, the oldest bar in New Jersey.

Parks and recreation

Tall Pines State Preserve is a nature preserve that opened in November 2015 as Gloucester County's first state park and is located along the border of Deptford Township and Mantua Township. Originally a forest that was turned into an asparagus field and then a golf course, the land was preserved through the efforts of the South Jersey Land and Water Trust, the Friends of Tall Pines, Gloucester County Nature Club, and the New Jersey Green Acres Program."Tall Pines State Preserve; Gloucester County's First State Park"
, ''Natural Awakenings: South Jersey Edition''. Accessed May 19, 2016. "This 111-acre parcel of land that straddles Mantua and Deptford townships was originally forested woodlands, then an asparagus field before it became a golf course named Tall Pines in the early 1950s."

Transportation

The community is a planned stop on the Glassboro–Camden Line, a proposed diesel multiple unit (DMU)

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line.

Education

The CDP, entirely in Mantua Township, is within Mantua Township School District (elementary school) and Clearview Regional High School District. Clearview Regional High School is the comprehensive high school of the latter district.

Notable people

People (and pets) who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Sewell include: * Tony DeAngelo (born 1995), NHL defenseman for the

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* Ryan D'Imperio (born 1987), former NFL fullback for the

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* Elwood (–2013), the winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest in 2007 * Sam Esmail (born 1977), screen director and producer, ''

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'' and ''

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(born 1982), Olympic gold medal winner, figure skating * John E. Wallace Jr. (born 1942), former Associate Justice of the

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* Amy Wang (born 2002),

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player who competed at the

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Politi, Steve
"Amy Wang, N.J.'s pingpong prodigy, didn’t let Paris Olympics stop her brainy pursuits"
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 10, 2024. Accessed July 30, 2024. "Amy Wang, a 21-year-old Sewell native, will compete in table tennis at the Paris Olympics."

References

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