West Jersey and South Jersey Heritage

Welcome!
This site is devoted to the History of South Jersey and
its roots in the Quaker colony of West Jersey (1674^* to 1702)

What is West Jersey? (and where was the border?)
Definitions of South Jersey
An excellent introductory book on: South Jersey Heritage (R. Craig Koedel, 1979)
What is the relation of West Jersey to South Jersey?
The "Constitution" of West Jersey
A (start at a) West Jersey Chronology
Population data for South Jersey
Discussion of Slavery and Voting in South Jersey
Railroad evolution into South Jersey (1832 - 1897)
More maps (a portal)

West Jersey/South Jersey Links
Feature: Egg Harbor City: History and new publication of an 1859 EHC German newspaper
What's New?

Bibliography
^*Why this site uses 1674 for intial date of West Jersey

Site Map This site maintained by Bob Barnett.
Site last updated: 2008 Eighth Month, 30th. Corresponding Wikipedia page

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