Springtown, Cumberland County, New Jersey

For another place, see Springtown, Warren County, New Jersey.

Populated place in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey

Springtown, New Jersey

Unincorporated community

The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Springtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Springtown

Location within Cumberland County; Inset: Location of Cumberland County in New Jersey.

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Coordinates: 39°24′51″N 75°19′54″W﻿ / ﻿39.41417°N 75.33167°W﻿ / 39.41417; -75.33167
Country|  United States
State|  New Jersey
County| Cumberland
Township| Greenwich
Elevation

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| 11 m (36 ft)
Time zone| UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID| 880822[1]

Springtown is an unincorporated community in Greenwich Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2][3]

Springtown is located approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Springtown, and the nearby community of Othello, were both founded shortly after the American Revolution by African Americans.[4]

## History

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Legislation enacted in 1786 enabled Quakers living in Greenwich Township to sell tracts of land to "free negros". Many African Americans soon located to Springtown, and the community became a center of abolitionist activity. Harriet Tubman frequented Springtown from 1849 to 1853, and the settlement was an important station on the Underground Railroad, with five of Cumberland County's seven "station masters" living there.[5][6]

The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Springtown offered lodging to fugitive slaves traveling north after leaving Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Springtown
2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
3. ^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office - via Google Books.
4. ^ New Jersey, A Guide to Its Present and Past. Best Books. 1939. p. 643\. ISBN 9781623760298. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
5. ^ a b "Aboard the Underground Railroad: Bethel AME Church". National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
6. ^ Harrison, Charles (2013). Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. History Press. p. 74\. ISBN 9781609497767.

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Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Bridgeton

Cities|

* Bridgeton
* Millville
* Vineland

Map of New Jersey highlighting Cumberland County

Borough|

* Shiloh

Townships|

* Commercial
* Deerfield
* Downe
* Fairfield
* Greenwich
* Hopewell
* Lawrence
* Maurice River
* Stow Creek
* Upper Deerfield

CDPs|

* Arrowhead Lake
* Carlls Corner
* Cedarville
* Centre Grove
* Cumberland-Hesstown
* Deerfield Street
* Delmont
* Dividing Creek
* Dorchester
* Dutch Neck
* Fairton
* Fortescue
* Gandys Beach
* Gouldtown
* Greenwich
* Heislerville
* Lakeside-Beebe Run
* Laurel Heights
* Laurel Lake
* Leesburg
* Marlboro
* Mauricetown
* Milmay‡
* Money Island
* Newport
* Othello
* Port Elizabeth
* Port Norris
* Roadstown
* Rosenhayn
* Seabrook Farms
* Seeley
* Sheppards Mill
* Silver Lake
* Sunset Lake
* West Park

Other
communities|

* Bowentown
* Buckshutem
* Cohansey
* Cumberland
* Hesstown
* Jericho
* Sea Breeze
* Seabrook
* Springtown

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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