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6 unusual facts about Gloucester County


Borealosuchus

Fossils of this species were found in the Inversand Company Marl Pit of Gloucester County, New Jersey.

Chief Powhatan

At a village now called Wicomico in Gloucester County, the reconstructed ruins of what were traditionally believed to be the chimney and part of the building for Powhatan are known as Powhatan's Chimney.

L'Acadie Nouvelle

The newspaper was originally distributed in the area of Gloucester County.

Radway

Persecution of Radway's Quakers and the jailing of some led eventually to a small group emigrating in the 1680s to a Quaker colony in Gloucester County, West New Jersey.

Rowan Profs

The club ice hockey teams play at the Hollydell Ice Arena in nearby Sewell.

William End

He represented Gloucester County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1830 to 1850 and from 1854 to 1861.


Augustine Warner, Jr.

He was the only son of Augustine Warner, who immigrated from England in 1628 and patented the plantation called "Austin's Desire" in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1642, building Warner Hall on the property.

Fred H. Madden

The Washington Township (Gloucester County) native was recruited to run for the Senate in the high profile 4th Legislative District against incumbent Republican Senator George Geist in 2004.

Squankum, New Jersey

The name Squankum was the name used for a town in Gloucester County, which was changed to present day Williamstown (see note above).

Tommy Reamon

From 2006 until early 2008, Tommy Reamon was employed coaching high school football at Gloucester High School in Gloucester County in the Virginia's Middle Peninsula region at the northern edge of Hampton Roads.

Virginia State Route 33

The two highways split at Shacklefords Fork; from there, SR 33 continues east into Gloucester County as Lewis Puller Memorial Highway, named for the decorated United States Marine Corps officer Chesty Puller.


see also

Collings

Collings Lakes, New Jersey, area within parts of Buena Vista Township and Folsom Borough in Atlantic County, and Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States

Hurffville

Hurffville, New Jersey, an unincorporated area within Washington Township, Gloucester County

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery, Woolwich, New Jersey, listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey

Mullica

Mullica Hill, New Jersey, a census-designated place located within Harrison Township, Gloucester County

Pitman High School

Joe Crispin (born 1979, Class of 1997), Gloucester County's all-time leading scorer for boys' high school basketball (2,651 career points) who played in the NBA for the Lakers and Suns.

Woodbury House

Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse, Woodbury, New Jersey, listed on the NRHP in Gloucester County, New Jersey