Editing Florence Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Florence, NJ (1).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The business district of Florence Township]]
The Florence City Company, formed in 1849, organized the original layout of lots and streets in Florence. It also oversaw construction of the Florence Hotel and wharf.<ref name="History from township" /> The Florence Iron Works was established in 1857 along the Delaware River by Richard Jones.<ref name=IronWorks>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~batsto/Towns/FlorenceIron/FlorenceIron.html Florence Iron Works], [[RootsWeb]]. Accessed August 31, 2015.</ref> It continued as a major force in the economy of the community, especially after ownership was transferred to Richard D. Wood in 1867.<ref name="History from township">[https://florence-nj.gov/history.html History of Florence And Roebling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016165223/https://florence-nj.gov/history.html |date=October 16, 2020 }}, Township of Florence. Accessed March 30, 2020.</ref> The [[1900 United States census]] reported that a good portion of the workforce was dependent on the foundry.<ref name="1900 Census">[http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7602&path=New+Jersey.Burlington.Florence.0020.8&sid=&gskw= Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Florence, Burlington, New Jersey - 1900 United States Federal Census], [[Ancestry.com]].</ref>

Florence was soon recognized as an attractive vacation spot with sandy beaches along the [[Delaware River]].<ref name="History from township" /> Visitors could also partake of hydrotherapy offered by a center established about 1872 by Dr. Trall of Philadelphia.<ref name="History from township" />