Editing Berlin, New Jersey (section)

== History ==
What is now Berlin was known in earlier times as "Longacoming." The [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] used Lonaconing Trail to describe the travel route that ran through the area, connecting the Jersey Shore to the Delaware River. Another tradition cites early European visitors who found a stream at the head of the Great Egg Harbor River and appreciated the respite as being "long a coming".<ref name=History>[http://www.nextination.com/longacoming/berlin.html Berlin Borough History], Long-A-Coming Historical Society. Accessed July 8, 2013.</ref>

[[File:Berlin NJ Depot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|[[Long-a-Coming Depot]], built in 1856 and believed to be the oldest surviving railroad station in New Jersey]]
'''Long-a-Coming'''<ref>{{cite gnis|874695|Berlin}} Variant names: Long-a-coming, Longacoming</ref> became a stopping point for stagecoaches located at the halfway point between [[Philadelphia]] and [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]. Upon the creation of Camden County in 1844, it was briefly named the county seat (while the area was still a part of [[Waterford Township, New Jersey|Waterford Township]]), until 1848 when the seat moved to the city of Camden.<ref>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 261. Accessed June 23, 2015.</ref> A rail line was laid in 1853. Three years later, the [[Long-a-Coming Depot|Long-a-Coming railroad station]] was built. In February 1867, the station was renamed "Magnolia". This caused confusion because there was a community called [[Magnolia, New Jersey|Magnolia]] nearby. Three months later, the station's name changed to Berlin. The name "Berlin" may have been chosen as a reference to the city of [[Berlin]] in [[Germany]],<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=8 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 27, 2015.</ref> though the derivation is uncertain.<ref name=History/>