Editing Wenonah, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Wenonah Station - August 2022.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The former [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] station in Wenonah in August 2022]]
Wenonah was founded in 1871 by [[Philadelphia]] businessmen as a country resort, drawn by its location along the [[Mantua Creek]] and on the [[West Jersey Railroad]].<ref>[http://wenonahenvironmentalcommission.org/history_1870_to_1968.htm Historical Overview: 1870 to 1968], Wenonah Environmental Commission. Accessed September 1, 2013.</ref> Over the next 40 years, numerous dams were installed to create recreational lakes. From 1902 until the [[Great Depression]], Wenonah Military Academy, a private military school, trained cadets there.<ref>Reeves, Ira Louis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2tSgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA196 ''Military education in the United States''], Free Press Printing Co., 1914, pp. 195-196. Accessed November 8, 2012.</ref><ref>Staff. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20061019/SPECIAL20/610190382/-1/special20 "Wenonah: A bedroom community with a penchant for Longfellow"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', October 19, 2006. Accessed November 8, 2012.</ref>

Throughout its history, Wenonah has been almost exclusively a residential area. Over 21% of the borough's land area is conservation land, which is protected by ordinance from development.<ref>[http://wenonahenvironmentalcommission.org/land_uses.htm Land Uses], Wenonah Environmental Commission. Accessed November 8, 2012. "Conservation Areas: A calculation was made of all the current Conservation areas, connecting Wetlands, Streams, Ponds and Lakes which amounted to 134.6416 acres (21.0706%)."</ref> There are more than {{convert|6|mi}} of hiking trails are threaded around lakes and alongside waterways in these conserved areas.<ref>[http://wenonahenvironmentalcommission.org/trail_system.htm Wenonah Trail System], Wenonah Environmental Commission. Accessed November 8, 2012. "The WEC maintains over six miles of hiking trails in the borough, including 40 bridges."</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]].<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. "2227 UNK WENONAH GLOUCESTER NJ 3979 7515 Funnel Cloud Spotted And Damage Reported In Wenonah. Possibly Due To A Tornado. Time Estimated From Radar. (PHI)"</ref> More than 200 properties in Wenonah were damaged, the largest number of any municipality hit by the tornado.<ref>Gray, Matt. [https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2021/10/costs-exceed-64m-for-mega-tornado-that-ripped-through-nj-county-during-ida.html "Costs exceed $64M for mega tornado that ripped through N.J. county during Ida"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], October 29, 2021. Accessed January 21, 2022. "Dozens of homes were destroyed and nearly 100 more suffered major damage, according to figures compiled by the county. Wenonah reported the highest number of properties with some sort of damage at 204, while Harrison Township reported 155, Deptford Township reported 101, Mantua Township had 51 and Woodbury Heights reported 40."</ref>