Washington Township, NJ
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Washington Township covers about 21 square miles in Gloucester County and counted 48,677 residents in the 2020 Census. The township names its communities as Turnersville, Hurffville, Grenloch, Cross Keys, Mayfair, Bunker Hill and Chapel Heights. Turnersville takes its name from the Turner family (1798) and Hurffville from the Hurff family (1806).

• Getting around

  • Route 42 and the start of the Atlantic City Expressway run through the township, along with Route 47 (Delsea Drive) and Route 168.
  • The township describes itself as about 20 minutes from Philadelphia.

• Landmarks

  • Washington Lake Park covers 330 acres and was dedicated in 1992.
  • James G. Atkinson Park, a county park on Bethel Mill Road, covers 66 acres.
  • The Olde Stone House at 208 Egg Harbor Road, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as the George Jr. and Sarah Morgan House, is the centerpiece of the township's Olde Stone House Village.

• Schools

  • Washington Township Public Schools runs six elementary schools for kindergarten through grade 5, three middle schools for grades 6 to 8, and Washington Township High School.

• History

  • The township's oldest community, the Grenloch Terrace area, was a Lenape village called Tetamekon.
  • The township was formed on February 17, 1836, from part of Deptford, at the Green Tree Tavern on Egg Harbor Road, and named for George Washington.
  • It moved to Camden County in 1844 and returned to Gloucester County in 1871.
  • Monroe Township split off in 1859.