Editing Laurel Springs, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Laurel Springs, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Laurel Springs include:

* [[Daniel J. Dalton]] (born 1949), politician who served as [[New Jersey Senate]] Majority Leader and as [[Secretary of State of New Jersey]]<ref>Sokolic, William H. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161017122408/http://articles.philly.com/1992-10-11/real_estate/25999553_1_town-ends-sprawl-tranquility "This Town Of Tranquility Is Like A Step Back In Time Whitman Spent Summers Here. This Quiet Borough Has Resisted Urban Sprawl And Commercialism."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', October 11, 1992, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of October 17, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2019. "'The springs are considered a fountain of youth,' said Daniel Dalton, the former state senator, who has lived in Laurel Springs for almost nine years."</ref>
* [[Ray Narleski]] (1928–2012), [[relief pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played with the [[Cleveland Indians]] (1954–1958) and [[Detroit Tigers]] (1959)<ref>Staff. [https://secure.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/doc/436887957.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=+%2C+&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Glimpse+into+the+major+league+career+of+South+Jersey's+Ray+Narleski&pqatl=top_retrieves "Glimpse into the major league career of South Jersey's Ray Narleski"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209230418/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/doc/436887957.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=+%2C+&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Glimpse+into+the+major+league+career+of+South+Jersey's+Ray+Narleski&pqatl=top_retrieves |date=2017-02-09 }}, ''[[Courier-Post]]'', April 13, 2000. Accessed June 1, 2015. "'When you're there in the major leagues, you're on top of the world,' said Narleski, 71, now retired and living in Laurel Springs."</ref>
* [[Jacob Rupertus]] (1822/1823–1921), handgun designer and manufacturer<ref>''Philadelphia Inquirer'', February 15, 1921 (Tuesday), "Rupertus--At Laurel Springs, Feb. 14th, Jacob, husband of the late Caroline Rupertus, aged 98 years. Relatives and friends invited to the service, Wed 2 P. M. at the Oliver H. Blair Bldg., 1820 Chestnut st."</ref><ref>1910 US Census for 'Jacob Rupertus' Clementon (Laurel Springs), Camden, New Jersey</ref><ref>1920 US Census for 'Jacob Rupertus' Laurel Springs, Camden, New Jersey</ref>
* [[William Burns Smith]] (1844–1917), politician who was the [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|74th Mayor of Philadelphia]], serving from 1884 to 1887<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=h9JLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA595 "Personals"], ''Municipal Journal'', December 15, 1917. Accessed September 17, 2019. "Smith, William Burns, mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., from 1884 to 1887, died recently at his home in Laurel Springs, N.J."</ref>
* [[Walt Whitman]] (1819–1892), poet who made his summer home here<ref>Sardella, Carlo M. [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/20/archives/new-jersey-weekly-laurel-springs-honors-whitman.html "Laurel Springs Honors Whitman"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 20, 1979. Accessed October 6, 2012. "Laurel Springs - In the early summer of 1876, a prosperous local farmer was disturbed because his poet-friend, Walt Whitman, who lived in nearby Camden, was despairing over a paralytic condition brought on three years before by a mild stroke."</ref>