unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) located on the
South Branch Rancocas Creek
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Burlington County, New Jersey
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. The area is served as
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ZIP Code Tabulation Area
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United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed July 18, 2016.
Demographics
Vincentown first appeared as a
census designated place
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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
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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
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on September 21, 1988 for its significance in architecture, commerce, industry, religion, and social history. The district includes 160
contributing buildings
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and 3
contributing sites
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. With The John Woolston House, a -story brick house with
Federal style
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, was previously documented by the
Historic American Buildings Survey
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in 1938. The house at 57 Main Street is a three-story
Italianate style
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house featuring a
cupola
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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
Camden and Amboy Railroad
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and the
Pennsylvania Railroad
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. The branch line to Vincentown was built to serve
marl
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pits to the south of town. By the 1890s, it had largely shifted to handling dairy traffic. It was abandoned in 1927.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Vincentown include:
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Samuel A. Dobbins
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(1814–1886), represented
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
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in the
United States House of Representatives
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center
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who played five seasons in the NFL.
* Job H. Lippincott (1842–1900),
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
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and Associate Justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court
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.
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Chauncey Morehouse
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Biography
Morehouse was born in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, and was raised in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where he played drums from a very early ...
(1902–1980),
jazz drummer
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.
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Jim Saxton
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(born 1943),
Congressman
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The Almanac of American Politics
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1988', p. 764. ''
National Journal
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'', 1987.
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Beulah Woolston
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(1828–1886), pioneering missionary teacher in China.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey
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