H I S T O R Y
of SALEM COUNTY, NJ

and HISTORIC PLACES

• History of Salem County NJ
  • 1844 History of Salem County and brief histories of some townships (Elsinborough, Mannington, Upper Penns Neck, Pilesgrove, Pittsgrove) - Ray's Place
  • NJ Pines and Down Jersey
  • A Brief History of Salem County New Jersey - TXT file (this site)
  • South Jersey : A History, 1664-1924; Publisher: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Alfred M. Heston, Editor-in-chief; 1924 [Searchable PDF files in batches of about 40 pages each]
  • Blog: Cup O'Jersey South - stories about historical places in South Jersey

• Alloway Township
  • Aldine
  • Penton
  • Upper Alloways Creek
• Carneys Point Township - "At the general election held on November 2, 1976, the citizens of Upper Penns Neck Township in Salem County voted 1931 to 887 in favor of changing the township's name to Carneys Point Township"
• Elmer (borough) History
• Elsinboro Township
  • Oakwood Beach
• Lower Alloways Creek Township
  • Canton
  • Hancocks Bridge
    • Hancock's House History
  • Harmersville
• Mannington Township
  • "From Marsh to Farm" article
  • Marshalltown
• Oldmans Township
  • Auburn
  • Pedricktown
• Penns Grove (borough) History
  
• Pennsville Township
  • Churchtown
  • Deepwater
  • Lower Penns Neck
• Pilesgrove Township
  • Sharptown
  • Yorktown
• Pittsgrove Township
  • Brotmanville
  • Centerton
  • Norma
  • Olivet
  • Palatine
  • Willow Grove
• Quinton Township
  • Pecks Corner
• Salem (city) | 2nd history
  • East Broadway Trail (historic) brochure - PDF
• Upper Pittsgrove Township
  • Daretown
  • Monroeville
  • Pole Tavern
  • Shirley
• Woodstown (borough)
  • History of some homes and buildings in Woodstown and Pilesgrove NJ (PDF file)
  • Walking Tour of Woodstown - PDF file

   

• Jersey Cape's Historic Trail
• National Register of Historic Places: New Jersey
  
• Salem County Historical Societies, History Museums & Libraries