Haddonfield
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00356
- Place Type
- City, Town, or Village
- Description
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Haddonfield is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey. The community of Haddonfield was established in the early 18th century by English Quaker settlers and is one of the oldest communities in South Jersey. Haddonfield derives its name from the family of Elizabeth Haddon, who moved to the area in 1701 to occupy the large tract of land that her father, John Haddon, had purchased. In 1713, Elizabeth and her husband, John Estaugh (a Quaker minister), built a mansion called New Haddonfield Plantation. In 1721 the Haddon family gave an acre of land for a Quaker Meetinghouse and burial ground, which became the center of a growing community. The Haddonfield Meetinghouse stood near the intersection of present-day Haddon Avenue and Kings Highway.
Although Haddonfield was a thriving community, it did not have its own municipal government until after the Civil War. This affects the way documents related to the Haddonfield area are categorized in archives. Haddonfield was originally considered part of Newton Township in Gloucester County, and slavery-era documents for the area will list "Newton, Gloucester County" as the township of record until 1844, and then "Newton, Camden County" from 1844 to 1865.
Haddonfield and the surrounding area separated from Gloucester County to form the new Camden County in 1844. The historical Newton township no longer exists; its territory gradually broke apart to form Camden, Haddon, Haddonfield, Collingswood, and several other small municipalities. Haddonfield became a self-governing borough in 1875. - Locality
- Haddonfield
- County (Modern)
- Camden County
- County (Historical)
- Gloucester County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 39.900570
- Longitude
- -75.027412
- References
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"History of the Town of Haddonfield," the Historical Society of Haddonfield, https://haddonfieldhistory.org/about/history-of-the-town-of-haddonfield/.
John P. Snyder, The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries, 1606–1968 (Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969; New Jersey Geological Survey, 2004), p. 106-108, https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf.
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Places
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