Editing Mullica Hill, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Wm Mullica House.JPG|thumb|left|William Mullica House]]
[[File:MULLICA HILL HISTORIC DIST. GLOUCESTER COUNTY.jpg|thumb|Mullica Hill's refurbished old town hall]]
'''Spicerville'''<ref>{{cite gnis|878657|Mullica Hill}} Variant name: Spicerville</ref> was the name of a community on the south bank of [[Raccoon Creek (New Jersey)|Raccoon Creek]], named after prominent landowner Jacob Spicer. Mullica Hill originally referred to the settlement on the north bank of Raccoon Creek, named after the sons of [[Eric Pålsson Mullica]], an early [[Sweden|Swedish]] settler (with [[Finland|Finnish]] ancestry), whose sons William, Eric, Olag, and John Mullica began purchasing land here in 1704. Eventually, both communities became known as just Mullica Hill as the original name of Eric's grandfather's house in [[Central Finland]]: "Mullikkamäki" (''[[wikt:mullikka|mullikka]]'' meaning bull calf and ''mäki'' meaning hill). Some of Mullica Hill's historic buildings were built following the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], notably the town hall that still stands today. The period of industrial and agricultural growth during and after the Civil War is commemorated by a reenactment every fall.<ref>Werner, Charles Jolly. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Eric_Mullica_and_his_descendants.html?id=Sw85AAAAMAAJ ''Eric Mullica and his descendants: A Swedish pioneer in New Jersey''], C.J. Werner, [[New Gretna, New Jersey]]: 1930.</ref>

[[Hurricane Ida tornado outbreak#Cedar Grove–Mullica Hill–Wenonah–Deptford, New Jersey|The area was hit by a strong EF3 tornado on September 1, 2021]], with winds of up to {{convert|150|mph}}, produced by the remnants of [[Hurricane Ida]], with multiple homes and farms destroyed.<ref>[https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/210901_rpts.html 20210901's Storm Reports (20210901 1200 UTC - 20210902 1159 UTC)], [[National Weather Service]], September 1, 2021. Accessed January 21, 2022. "2221 1 ENE Mullica Hill Gloucester NJ 3974 7520 Significant Damage In The Mullica Hill Area Including Several Homes Damaged And Trees Down On Cedar Road. Time Estimated From Radar. (PHI)"</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/catastrophic-tornado-rips-apart-homes-in-mullica-hill-nj/2945837/ "Catastrophic Tornado Rips Apart Homes in Mullica Hill, NJ"], [[WCAU]], September 1, 2021. Accessed January 21, 2022. "A confirmed EF-3 tornado ripped several homes apart in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, as remnants of Ida slammed the entire region on Wednesday, with debris from destroyed homes traveling miles. The tornado, which had peak winds of 150 mph, destroyed at least nine homes, with some leveled to their foundations, along Josephine and Marvin lanes early Wednesday evening."</ref><ref>Quinn, Amy Z. [https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/09/when-the-town-nobodys-heard-of-is-on-the-nations-lips-letter-from-your-editor.html "When the town nobody’s heard of is on the nation’s lips | Letter from your editor"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 4, 2021. Accessed January 21, 2022. "I’m writing, as always, from Mullica Hill, a Gloucester County community most folks hadn’t heard of this time last week. It’s been a strange, scary few days, as our little town about 20 miles south of Philadelphia became the dateline for national and international news stories about the EF-3 tornado that plowed through homes, flattened trees and tipped over two 80-foot corn silos."</ref>