Churchtown, New Jersey
Populated place in Salem County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
39°40′19″N 75°30′36″W / 39.67194°N 75.51000°W / 39.67194; -75.51000
United States
New JerseyChurchtown, historically known as Penns Neck, is an unincorporated community located north of Pennsville in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey.[1][2] St. George's Episcopal Church was started here in 1714 by Swedish and Finnish settlers as a Lutheran church.[3][4]
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St. George's, Penns Neck, N.J.
Illustration from 1903
See also
- Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey) – Swedish Lutheran church at Raccoon
References
- ^ a b c "Churchtown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior., Variant name: Penns Neck
- ^ "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
- ^ "St. George's Episcopal Church: Our History". St. George's Episcopal Church.
- ^ Greenagel, Frank L. (2001). "Saint George's Episcopal Church, Churchtown, Salem County". The New Jersey Churchscape.
the Swedish and nearby Finnish settlers organized a Lutheran church here in 1714
External links
- Johnson, Amandus (1938). The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786. OCLC 866217276.
Raccoon Creek is now Swedesboro and Penns Neck is now Churchtown
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