Woodbury
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00290
- Place Type
- City, Town, or Village
- Description
- Woodbury is the county seat of Gloucester County. It was one of the earliest European settlements in the southern part of New Jersey, founded in 1683 by a Quaker named Henry Wood. The area was considered part of Deptford Township until Woodbury was officially incorporated as a separate city in 1871.
- Locality
- Woodbury
- County (Modern)
- Gloucester County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 39.838735
- Longitude
- -75.154478
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Woodbury was previously associated with:
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Persons of African descent linked to Woodbury:
- Dianna Johnson (b. 1819)
- Edward Bellwood (b. 1808)
- Emaline S. B. Johnson (b. 1820)
- Phebe Johnson
- Sill Johnson
- Turner Coxe (b. 1797)
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