Swedesboro, New Jersey
| Swedesboro, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Swedesboro | |
Old grammar school
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 Map of Swedesboro highlighted within Gloucester County. Inset: Location of Gloucester County in New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Swedesboro, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 39°44′45″N 75°18′39″W / 39.745884°N 75.310947°WCoordinates: 39°44′45″N 75°18′39″W / 39.745884°N 75.310947°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County |
 Gloucester
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| Incorporated | April 9, 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Thomas W. Fromm (D, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Clerk | Tanya Goodwin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.758 sq mi (1.964 km2) |
| • Land | 0.724 sq mi (1.876 km2) |
| • Water | 0.034 sq mi (0.088 km2) 4.49% |
| Area rank | 526th of 566 in state 24th of 24 in county |
| Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 2,584 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 2,613 |
| • Rank | 467th of 566 in state 22nd of 24 in county |
| • Density | 3,568.4/sq mi (1,377.8/km2) |
| • Density rank | 181st of 566 in state 4th of 24 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 08085 |
| Area code(s) | 856 Exchanges: 241, 467 |
| FIPS code | 3401571850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885415 |
| Website | www |
Swedesboro is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,584, reflecting an increase of 529 (+25.7%) from the 2,055 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 31 (+1.5%) from the 2,024 counted in the 1990 Census.
Swedesboro was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 9, 1902, from portions of Woolwich Township. The borough was named for its early settlers from Sweden.
Swedesboro has been recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA since 2000.
Swedesboro was settled as part of New Sweden in the mid-1600s. The early Swedes and Finns were fishermen, hunters and farmers.
The English Colonial government needed a road between the communities of Burlingtown and Salem, so they built the Kings Highway in 1691 which opened the southern portion of Gloucester County to more settlers, who were drawn to the area by the fertile sandy soil, prime farmland and vast tracts of oak, birch, maple and pine trees. Originally, the community was called Raccoon, until the name was changed to Swedesboro in 1765.
Swedesboro, along with Bridgeport, was one of only two settlements established in New Jersey as a part of the New Sweden colony. The oldest extant log cabin in the United States, the Nothnagle Log Cabin (ca. 1640) was built by Antti Niilonpoika (Anthony Neilson/Nelson) in Swedesboro. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as is Trinity Episcopal "Old Swedes" Church, which was established as a Swedish Lutheran Church in 1703; the present building dates to 1784.
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