HISTORY OF NEWFIELD TOWNSHIP, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
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On a web site about Gloucester County, New Jersey, maintained by Janice Brown; 
text transcribed by Janice Brown from the source noted below.

Exerpts from "Under Four Flags," Old Gloucester County 1686-1964
by Hazel B. Simpson, Editor, Woodbury, N.J., Board of Chosen Freeholders,
Gloucester County, N.J.; 1965

Page 28
NEWFIELD

In 1863, Allen Hemingway purchased 144 acres of land on the west side of the
West Jersey Railroad, and Capt Ely purchased 144 acres on the east side.  By
1881 these sites had become a small, quiet, village laid out in avenus on either
side of the railroad, forming drives and walks with fine residences, thriving 
orchards, and vineyards.  During the early years of its life the people raised
hops.  As early as July 1883, the people of the town worked to create a borough,
and incorporated Newfield as a borough on March 8, 1924.  Originally it was a 
center of agriculture and lumbering.  In 1960 it had a population of 1,299.

Newfield is located in the Upper Maurice River Watershed.

Population in 2002:  1,616 

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