Town of the week:
Haddonfield, NJ
Haddonfield is a Camden County borough of 12,550 people, with its own PATCO station. Here are its schools and the grades each one teaches, the tavern where New Jersey's legislature met, and the dinosaur found in town.
- 12,550 residents on about 2.8 square miles, by the 2020 Census
- PATCO stops at Haddonfield station, on Kings Highway
- New Jersey's legislature met at the Indian King Tavern in 1777
Town of the week. Written by The JK Realty Group.
Haddonfield covers about 2.8 square miles of land in Camden County and counted 12,550 residents in the 2020 Census. The PATCO Speedline stops at Haddonfield station, at Kings Highway West and Washington Avenue. The Indian King Tavern, pictured above, stands at 233 Kings Highway East.
Schools, grade by grade
The Haddonfield School District runs three elementary schools, Central, Elizabeth Haddon and J. Fithian Tatem, for preschool through grade 5. Haddonfield Middle School teaches grades 6 to 8, and Haddonfield Memorial High School teaches grades 9 to 12.
A colonial tavern on Kings Highway
In 1741, brewer Timothy Matlack added a three-story brick building to the tavern property. New Jersey's legislature met in that brick building during 1777. The state bought the building in 1903, the first property New Jersey preserved as a museum.
Where a dinosaur was found
In 1858 the bones of Hadrosaurus foulkii were found in Haddonfield, and the borough calls it the world's first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton. The discovery site is at the end of Maple Avenue, and a dinosaur statue named Haddie, made by local artist John Giannotti in 2003, stands on Lantern Lane downtown.
What to know
The PATCO Speedline runs from Haddonfield to Philadelphia. If you work in the city, ask us about homes near the station.
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