Editing Winslow Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Winslow Township is Camden County's largest municipality at {{convert|58|sqmi|km2}}. The township got its name from the son of a 19th-century glass factory owner, William Coffin Sr., who bought large tracts of timber in Camden County about six miles west of Hammonton and with his son-in-law in 1929. Thomas Jefferson Perce and William Coffin Jr., built the Winslow Glass Works (his second one in 12 years) in the midst of a thick pine forest. The community was named for Senior Coffin's youngest son, Edward Winslow Coffin.<ref>Schwartz, Erik. [http://archive.courierpostonline.com/article/20061019/SPECIAL20/610190404/Winslow-legacy-glass "Winslow: A legacy of glass"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', October 19, 2006. Accessed November 1, 2015. "Winslow Township, Camden County's largest municipality at 58 square miles, gets its name from the son of the owner of a 19th century glass factory. William Coffin Sr. named the area after a son, Edward Winslow Coffin."</ref><ref>Potter, Cheryl Lynne. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151231183237/http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-15/real_estate/25712604_1_glass-factory-peach-pie-eating-contest-camden-county "A Quaint Town That Is Rich In Its Diversity As Winslow Celebrates Its First 150 Years, Change Is Coming Down The Road."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 15, 1995. Accessed November 1, 2015. "Winslow was named by William Coffin Sr. of nearby Hammonton for his youngest son, Edward Winslow Coffin.History relates that the elder Coffin purchased land in a thick pine forest six miles west of Hammonton in 1829 for his glass factory, Winslow Glass Works."</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=33 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed November 1, 2015.</ref>

Winslow Township was incorporated in 1845 from the Township of Gloucester.<ref name=Story/> The township's very first meeting was held at Josiah Albertson's Blue Anchor Inn which was located on what is now [[Route 73 (New Jersey)|Route 73]] in the vicinity of St Lucy's Church. During its early years Winslow was known for its thriving glass business which developed as a result of the township's abundant resources of timber, clay, and sand, though by the start of the 20th century the glass industry died throughout Winslow.<ref>Lurie, Maxine N.; and Mappen, Marc. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_r9Ni6_u0JEC&pg=PA879 "Winslow Township"], ''[[Encyclopedia of New Jersey]]'', p. 879, [[Rutgers University Press]], 2004. {{ISBN|0-8135-3325-2}}. Accessed March 10, 2011.</ref> During the early 20th century, Winslow's population continued to grow until it peaked at a small 11,000 residents by the 1970s. During this time period the majority of Winslow residents were farmers. In 1965, Winslow township started to see an increase in population as the [[Atlantic City Expressway]] was completed with an interchange in Winslow at Williamstown Road. The proximity of the interchange drew developers towards the Sicklerville section of the township, where [[Levitt & Sons]] would build thousands of homes throughout the 1970s. Between 1970 and 1980, Winslow's population nearly doubled to 20,000 residents.

As of 2006, 80% of the township currently sits in the Pinelands National Reserve, thus restricting future land development. Despite the restriction of development on the reserve, agricultural areas still persist in Winslow.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The township is also served by two area codes, 856 and 609. When area code 609 was split in 1999, the southern/eastern end in the township (primarily those with a [[Hammonton, New Jersey|Hammonton]] mailing address, Cedar Brook, and a small section of Sickerville) were left in the 609 code, while the other sections closer to [[Berlin, New Jersey|Berlin]] and [[Williamstown, New Jersey|Williamstown]] received 856 as their area code.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

;Landmarks
*St Lucy's Roman Catholic Church, Route 73. It became a parish in 1961. The Rev. Edward McDaid is pastor.
*Bates Mills Cemetery is a cemetery located on South Erhke Road in Blue Anchor, Today passersby can observe a number of very old grave stones with hardly visible faded initials engraved upon them. The stones seem to be made from iron ore.
*Pinelands National Reserve
*Levitt and Sons Incorporated built Winslow Crossing in the 1970s in Sicklerville. The complexes that were built at that time were Primrose Gate, Manor Hall, Victoria Manor, Eden Hollow, Lehigh Manor, Arbor Meadows and Ivy Meadows.
*In 1972, the Lutheran affiliated Winslow Community Church opens in the Cedar Brook Hunting and Fishing Club.

;Historical timeline
*1845: Winslow is incorporated from parts of [[Gloucester Township, New Jersey|Gloucester Township]].<ref name=Story/>
*1920: Albion School is built.
*1923: Sicklerville School is built.
*1925: St. Lucys Roman Catholic Church begins in the Blue Anchor section of Winslow Township as a mission to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Berlin, New Jersey.
*1928: Blue Anchor and Tansboro Schools are built.
*1940: Closed Dunbarton and North Tansboro Schools are sold.
*1955: A hospital is established at [[Ancora Psychiatric Hospital|Ancora]].