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BarryC
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Recently I found individual maps of each county in NJ from 1872 at this link: http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html
So I've downloaded those of Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem, Ocean, and Burlington County North and South. These maps are fascinating! There's so much cool stuff on them- things such as older place names, names of places no longer there, and the locations of churches and schools.
Here's just one example: The tavern we know of as the Mount Tavern- in 1872 it was known as Crammer's Tavern! Another example: it shows a school right next to the church at Estellville. That gives us something to look for. I highly recommend these maps. I don't know if you've already added these to this site or not, Ben, but they are great maps for our purposes.
There are also 2 maps of Egg Harbor City from the 1860s or 1870s that show all the roads that were planned in Egg Harbor and the surrounding areas, both east and west of the city. That includes where I live in Mullica Township. These areas outside the city were to be where the city residents had their farmsteads or something. Pretty neat. This explains why the Egg Harbor City street grid extends into the areas both east and west of the city. I never understood that before.
Barry
So I've downloaded those of Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem, Ocean, and Burlington County North and South. These maps are fascinating! There's so much cool stuff on them- things such as older place names, names of places no longer there, and the locations of churches and schools.
Here's just one example: The tavern we know of as the Mount Tavern- in 1872 it was known as Crammer's Tavern! Another example: it shows a school right next to the church at Estellville. That gives us something to look for. I highly recommend these maps. I don't know if you've already added these to this site or not, Ben, but they are great maps for our purposes.
There are also 2 maps of Egg Harbor City from the 1860s or 1870s that show all the roads that were planned in Egg Harbor and the surrounding areas, both east and west of the city. That includes where I live in Mullica Township. These areas outside the city were to be where the city residents had their farmsteads or something. Pretty neat. This explains why the Egg Harbor City street grid extends into the areas both east and west of the city. I never understood that before.
Barry