Burlington
Bordentown
Southbound, at 6th fole past railroad overpass at cut off to city of Burlington County Bordentown Farnsworth and made this river port a...
Burlington
Front of, NJ
Here, May 23, 1773, Washington visited Governor William Franklin, and March 23, 1782, inspected the 2nd Regimant, Continental Corps of...
Capt. Emilio Carranza
Ten miles southeast, close to the railroad, stands the monument to Captain Emilio Carranza, Aviator of the Mexican Army, killed July 12,...
Carranza Monument
Ground, NJ
Ten miles southeast is the site where Mexican Good-Will flyer, Capt. Emilio Carranza, crashed July 12, 1928.
Church, designed by noted architect Richard Upjohn, is one of the
Burlington County New St. Maryís earliest cruciform structures in America.
Clara Barton School
Bordentown, NJ
One of the earliest free schools of New Jersey established 1852 by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross.
Collins House
Home of Issac Collins, 1808-1817.
Crosswicks
Crosswicks, NJ
On June 23, 1778, General Dickinson’s Jersey Troops destroyed bridge, fighting a skirmish to delay the British march to New York.
Crosswicks Creek
Leisuretowne, NJ
3 miles east, on June 23, 1778, Gen Clinton on his retreat to New York attacked the patriot militia destroying the bridge.
Fire Company
Founded in 1752, The Relief Fire Co. is the oldest active volunteer company in the nation.
Franklin Park
Site of famed deer park of William Fanklin, son of Benjamin Franklin. He was the last of New Jersey's Royal Governors.
Free Library
Burlington, NJ
The Burlington Library Association, chartered by King George II in 1757, established an early public library here.
Friends Meeting
Built, 1773, replacing 1706 house. North wall holds cannon ball which struck in 1778 skirmish between British and Americans
Gilder House
Magaine, 1881 to 1909. Four brothers and sisters also were Burlington County Gilder House famous.
Grant House
Burlington, NJ
Home of General Ulysses S. Grant's family during the last days of the Civil War.
Hanover Furnace
Nearby, not far from the Province Line, are the ruins of Hanover Furnace, built about 1792.
Historic Mount Holly
Mount Holly from Camden, NJ
Dec. 1776, Hessian troops occupied the Meeting House.
Historic Prison
This Burlington County Jail was designed, 1808, by Robert Mills, noted Federal architect. His plan still influences penal building.
Kinkora
William Biddle, merchant, landowner, and political leader among the Quakers of West Jersey, settled here in 1684.
Old St. Maryís
Burlington, NJ
Built in 1703, this was the first Episcopal Church in New Jersey.
Stephen Girard lived here 1777-78. He later became prominent as a
Marker is on Mill Street (County Route 537), on the right when Burlington County Girard House merchant shipowner, financier and...
Swedish Settlement
Cinnaminson Township was first settles by Swedes who came across the Delaware at an early date.
Swedish Settlers
Ground, NJ
Swedish farmers from across the Delaware settled among the English here in 1680's. The name Cinnaminson is Indian.
Thomas Paine
Bordentown, NJ
Thomas Paine, Pamphleteer for American Independence, bought this house in 1783, and lived in it periodically until his death in 1809.
Whitesbog
Elizabeth White, devoted to the Pine Barrens flora, with Frederick Coville debeloped the cultivated blueberry in the 1920's.
Wright House
Bordentown, NJ
Patience Lovell Wright, America's first sculptress lived here before moving to Great Britain 1772.