Vineland, New Jersey

Template:Short description Template:Other uses Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Vineland is a city and the most populous municipality in Cumberland County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey. Bridgeton and Vineland are the two principal cities of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Delaware Valley (the Philadelphia metropolitan area).<ref>New Jersey: 2020 Core Based Statistical Areas and Counties, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 22, 2022.</ref> The MSA had a population of 156,898 as of the 2010 census.<ref>DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Metro Area Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref> As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 60,780,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 56 (+0.1%) from the 60,724 recorded at the 2010 census,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 4,453 (+7.9%) from the 56,271 counted in the 2000 census.<ref name=Table7>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 60,491 in 2022,<ref name=Census2020/> ranking the city the 639th-most-populous in the country.<ref name=ANNRNK/>

Vineland was formed on July 1, 1952, through the merger of Landis Township and Vineland Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on February 5, 1952.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 120. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref><ref>via Associated Press. "Merger Campaign Arouses Vineland; 'Hole' in Jersey 'Doughnut' Fights for Civic Status in February 5 Referendum Merger Defeated in 1929 Wide Interest Noted", The New York Times, November 25, 1951. p. 58. Accessed June 11, 2024. "It's a good bet that Vineland, a rural borough of 8,000 persons in the middle of south Jersey's boardflat pine woods and farm lands, will become a city of almost 30,000 next Feb. 5."</ref><ref>Staff. "New City Set in Jersey; 2 Communities Vote to Merge as Vineland on July 1", The New York Times, February 6, 1952. Accessed February 8, 2012. "Citizens of Landis Township and Vineland Borough voted by a large majority in a special election today to join forces and become one city -- Vineland -- on July 1."</ref> Festivities on July 1, 1952, when the merger took effect, included a parade and speeches from such notables as Senator Estes Kefauver.<ref>Staff. "Big City Born in Jersey; Vineland Borough and Landis Township Plan Fete Tonight", The New York Times, July 1, 1952. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref> The name is derived from the plans of its founder to use the land to grow grapes.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 18, 2015.</ref><ref>Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 311. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed October 18, 2015.</ref>

Geographically, the city is part of South Jersey. It has large Italian-American<ref>Bichao, Sergio. "Hey, paisan! The most Italian-American towns in New Jersey Read More: Hey, paisan! The most Italian-American towns in New Jersey", WKXW, October 8, 2017. Accessed January 27, 2023. "The figures are 2015 estimates by the American Community Survey. Greatest total of Italian-Americans... Vineland Population: 60,724 / Italian-Americans: 12,404"</ref> and Hispanic-American populations.<ref>Procida, Lee. "Vineland's Hispanic growth offers preview of national trend", The Press of Atlantic City, April 16, 2011. Accessed January 27, 2023. "After a decade that saw the number of Hispanics here increase by more than a third, 38 percent of Vineland is now of Hispanic descent, according to the 2010 U.S. Census."</ref>

History

Charles K. Landis purchased Template:Convert of land in 1861 and another Template:Convert in 1874, near Millville, and along the West Jersey railroad line with service between Camden and Cape May, to create his own alcohol-free utopian society based on agriculture and progressive thinking. The first houses were built in 1862, and train service was established to Philadelphia and New York City, with the population reaching 5,500 by 1865 and 11,000 by 1875.<ref name=Bio>Our People of the Century: Charles K. Landis - Founder of a City, Creator of a Dream, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref><ref name=Commies>The Communistic Societies of the United States, Charles Nordhoff, 1875. Accessed September 30, 2014.</ref>

Vineland was an early temperance town, where the sale of alcohol was prohibited. Landis required that buyers of land in Vineland build a house on the purchased property within a year of acquisition, that Template:Convert of the often heavily wooded land be cleared and farmed each year, and that adequate space be placed between houses and roads to allow for planting of flowers and shade trees along the routes through town. Landis Avenue was constructed as a Template:Convert wide and about Template:Convert long road running east–west through the center of the community, with other, narrower roads connecting at right angles to each other.<ref name=Founding>The Founding of Vineland and Its Growth as an Agricultural Center, West Jersey and South Jersey Heritage. Accessed August 28, 2007.</ref>

After determining that the Vineland soil was well-suited for growing grapes (hence the name), Landis started advertising to attract Italian grape growers to Vineland, offering Template:Convert of land that had to be cleared and used to grow grapes. Thomas Bramwell Welch founded Welch's Grape Juice, and purchased the locally grown grapes to make "unfermented wine" (i.e. grape juice).<ref name=Founding/> The sandy ground also attracted the glass-making industry and was home to the Progresso soup company. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, most of the city was involved in the poultry industry, which led to the city being dubbed "The Egg Basket of America."<ref>Spahr, Rob. "Vineland celebrates its 150th anniversary with parade, fireworks and cake", The Press of Atlantic City, August 8, 2011. Accessed July 26, 2012. "On Sunday, the city wrapped up a weekend-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of Landis' land acquisition, with carnival rides, a parade, fireworks, commemorative shot glasses, and, of course, birthday cake."</ref>

Vineland Poultry Laboratories was started by Arthur Goldhaft. Goldhaft is credited with putting "a chicken in every pot" after developing the fowl pox chicken vaccine that saved millions of chickens from death. Goldhaft's work at Vineland Poultry Laboratories in Vineland helped protect the world's chicken supply from the fowl pox disease. Operations at the facility were closed by Lohmann Animal Health in 2007.<ref>Our People of the Century - Arthur Goldhaft: Pioneering Vet Put "a chicken in every pot", Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>

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Bird's-eye view in 1885

Vineland had New Jersey's first school for the intellectually disabled, the Vineland Developmental Center, which now has an east and west campus. These institutions housed mentally handicapped women in fully staffed cottages. Henry H. Goddard, an American psychologist, coined the term "Moron" while directing the Research Laboratory at the Training School for Backward and Feeble-minded Children in Vineland. This facility was so sufficiently well known that one American Prison Association pamphlet in 1955 heralded Vineland as "famous for its contributions to our knowledge of the feebleminded".<ref>Jacobs, Frank. "293 - Come Visit New Jersey... You'll Never Leave", Bigthink.com. Accessed June 26, 2017. "Here Vineland – famous for its contributions to our knowledge of the feebleminded. Another arrow elucidates: Here the Vineland Training School and Vineland State School."</ref>

Vineland celebrated its 150th birthday in 2011. Mayor Robert Romano initially ordered a custom cake from Buddy Valastro of Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken; the business is featured in the TLC reality television series Cake Boss. After outcry from local business owners, the order was canceled and five Vineland bakeries donated elaborate cakes for the event as well as over 1,000 servings of cake for the celebration.<ref>Dineen, Caitlin. "Vineland's bakeries enjoyed participating in 150th birthday celebration following "Cake Boss" controversy", The Press of Atlantic City, August 9, 2011. Accessed July 26, 2012. "Vineland Mayor Robert Romano said when he first called "The Cake Boss" — Buddy Valastro of TLC network fame — to make a cake for Vineland's 150th birthday celebration it was nothing personal against local bakers, it was simply a chance for free publicity."</ref>

Since the 1970s, the city has had an annual dandelion festival. Brought to the area by early Italian immigrants, the plant is grown as a crop by farms in Vineland.<ref>Roncace, Kelly. "Dandelions for dinner? Vineland to host 40th annual event", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 3, 2013, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed February 5, 2020. "For the past 40 years, Vineland has celebrated the dandelion — yes, that little yellow flower most people yank out of the flower bed and toss aside — with a festive dinner party.... 'Vineland is famous for dandelions because it was a huge crop here, planted by Italian immigrants who established homes here,' Hunter said. 'We still have several local farms here who grow dandelions.'"</ref>

Barbara Kingsolver's 2018 novel Unsheltered is set in Vineland.<ref>Emre, Merve. "Barbara Kingsolver’s Superficial View of the American Family in the Trump Era The first U.S. novel to treat the 2016 election at length aims for timeliness rather than genuine insight into a dramatic political moment.", The Atlantic, November 2018. Accessed November 11, 2020. "The novel, Kingsolver’s eighth, chronicles Willa’s attempt to save her dead aunt’s house, a crumbling Victorian mansion in Vineland, New Jersey. An (actual) old Temperance town whose soil once made it attractive to glassmakers and chicken farmers and the founders of Welch’s Grape Juice, Vineland lost its raison d’être after a line of pesticide manufacturers poisoned the land and fled, along with many of the town’s jobs and a noticeable portion of its white people."</ref>

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 68.99 square miles (178.68 km²), including 68.39 square miles (177.14 km²) of land and 0.60 square miles (1.54 km²) of water (0.86%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> Of all the municipalities in New Jersey to hold the type of City, Vineland is the largest in total area. (Hamilton Township in Atlantic County is the largest municipality in New Jersey in terms of land area. Galloway Township, also in Atlantic County, is the largest municipality in total area, including open water within its borders.)<ref>Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed November 2, 2019. "Vineland is New Jersey's largest city in area."</ref>

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Clayville, Hances Bridge, Leamings Mill, Menantico, North Vineland, Parvins Branch, South Vineland, Willow Grove and Pleasantville.<ref>Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 8, 2015.</ref> That last community (adjacent to Newfield Boro) is not to be confused with the City of Pleasantville in Atlantic County.

Vineland borders the municipalities of Deerfield Township, Millville and Maurice River Township in Cumberland County; Buena and Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County; Franklin Township and Newfield Boro in Gloucester County; and Pittsgrove Township in Salem County.<ref>Areas touching Vineland, MapIt. Accessed March 8, 2020.</ref><ref>Map of Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed October 28, 2019.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> The city is approximately Template:Convert from the Atlantic Ocean.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 60,724 people, 21,450 households, and 15,230 families in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 22,661 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 67.03% (40,703) White, 14.16% (8,600) Black or African American, 0.67% (406) Native American, 1.71% (1,036) Asian, 0.04% (24) Pacific Islander, 12.91% (7,841) from other races, and 3.48% (2,114) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 38.03% (23,093) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 21,450 households, 31.3% had children under the age of 18; 46.2% were married couples living together; 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.0% were non-families. Of all households, 23.3% were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.23.<ref name=Census2010/>

24.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.1 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $54,024 (with a margin of error of +/− $2,798) and the median family income was $64,185 (+/− $2,216). Males had a median income of $48,974 (+/− $1,402) versus $35,513 (+/− $2,565) for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,512 (+/− $895). About 11.0% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Vineland city, Cumberland County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref>

2000 census

As of the 2000 U.S. census,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 56,271 people, 19,930 households, and 14,210 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 20,958 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 67.47% White, 13.62% African American, 0.54% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 14.01% from other races, and 3.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 30.00% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Vineland city, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Vineland city, Cumberland County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 26, 2012.</ref>

There were 19,939 households, out of which 80.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.17.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the city the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the city was $40,076, and the median income for a family was $47,909. Males had a median income of $35,195 versus $25,518 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,797. About 9.8% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Economy

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The marquee of the Landis Theater

Portions of the city are part of a joint Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) with Millville, one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Millville was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program.<ref>Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The Urban Enterprise Zone Program (UEZ) was enacted in 1983. It authorized the designation of ten zones by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority: Camden, Newark, Bridgeton, Trenton, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Kearny, Orange and Millville/Vineland (joint zone)."</ref> In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the Template:Frac% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>Urban Enterprise Zone Program, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in October 1988, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in December 2023.<ref>Urban Enterprise Zone Effective and Expiration Dates, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref>

The main street in Vineland is Landis Avenue. The traditional downtown area is located several blocks east and west of the intersection of Landis Avenue and the Boulevard. The Boulevard is a pair of roads that flank the main north–south railroad, which connected Vineland with Cape May to the south and Camden/Philadelphia to the north. After many years of decline, there has been much recent activity to restore the vitality of "The Avenue" and the center city area. New construction includes a new transportation center, courthouse, post office, elementary school / community center and sidewalk upgrades. In 2005, Vineland was designated a Main Street Community and, through the work of this group, money has been earmarked to continue this improvement through property and facade improvements, business retention and marketing.<ref>The Main Street Approach Template:Webarchive, Main Street, Vineland. Accessed August 27, 2011. "In 2005, Vineland was designated a Main Street Community. This designation is part of a state and national revitalization program that is intended to help businesses make the most of their location, whether it is on Landis Avenue or elsewhere in the Main Street District."</ref>

Government

Local government

The City of Vineland is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council (Plan A), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1952, months after the city's formation.<ref>"The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref> The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is a mayor, serving as the city's chief executive, and a five-member city council, serving as the city's legislature. The mayor and council are elected at-large to serve concurrent four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections held in leap years as part of the November general election.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 8.</ref><ref name=Government/><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey", p. 10. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> An ordinance passed by the council in 2011 shifted elections from May to November, effectively extending the term of those members serving at the time by six months.<ref>Barlas, Thomas. "Vineland may switch elections from May to November", The Press of Atlantic City, April 6, 2011. Accessed July 26, 2012. "Vineland - Local residents likely will elect a mayor and City Council candidates in November starting next year. City Council will introduce an ordinance when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday that would move the municipality's non-partisan election from May to November."</ref>

Template:As of, the mayor of Vineland is Anthony Fanucci whose term of office ends on December 31, 2024.<ref name=Mayor>Mayor's Office, City of Vineland. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> Members of the Vineland city council are Council President Elizabeth Arthur, Council Vice President David Acosta, Ronald John Franceschini Jr., Paul F. Spinelli and Albert Vargas, all of whom serving terms of office ending on December 31, 2024.<ref name=Government>City Council Members, City of Vineland. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref><ref>2023 Municipal Data Sheet, City of Vineland. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref><ref name=CumberlandDirectory>2023 Directory of Cumberland County, New Jersey, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Cumberland2020>General Election Results November 3, 2020, Official Results, Cumberland County, New Jersey, updated November 19, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

In November 2019, the city council appointed Elizabeth Arthur to fill the seat vacated by Angela Calakos following her resignation after announcing that she was moving out of the city. Arthur served on an interim basis until the November 2019 general election, when she was elected to serve the balance of the term office.<ref>Leonard, Nicole. "Vineland City Council swears in new member to fill vacant seat", The Press of Atlantic City, November 14, 2018. Accessed November 3, 2019. "City Council swore in a new member Tuesday to fill an open seat left by former Councilwoman Angela Calakos. Elizabeth Arthur, who has previously served as both an appointed and elected member of the Vineland Board of Education, was approved for the position by council vote and will serve until the next general election in November 2019. If elected, she would complete the term through 2020."</ref>

In January 2013, Ruben Bermudez took office as the city's first Hispanic mayor.<ref>Woods, Don E. "Vineland celebrates 'new vision' at inauguration for Mayor Ruben Bermudez, council", South Jersey Times, January 5, 2013. Accessed January 10, 2013. "Promising a 'new vision,' Ruben Bermudez, the first Hispanic mayor of Vineland, said that he will battle the many ills that impact the quality of life for city residents."</ref>

Federal, state and county representation

Vineland is located in the 2nd Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 1st state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>Districts by Number for 2011-2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 37,583 registered voters in Vineland, of which 10,388 (27.6%) were registered as Democrats, 6,109 (16.3%) were registered as Republicans and 21,059 (56.0%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 27 voters registered to other parties.<ref>Voter Registration Summary - Cumberland, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref>

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 64.9% of the vote (15,299 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 34.2% (8,074 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (218 votes), among the 23,880 ballots cast by the city's 39,605 registered voters (289 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 60.3%.<ref name=2012Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 62.6% of the vote (15,743 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received 35.2% (8,862 votes), with 25,144 ballots cast among the city's 39,098 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.3%.<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 53.8% of the vote (12,506 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 43.6% (10,131 votes), with 23,253 ballots cast among the city's 35,943 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 64.7.<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref>

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In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 55.5% of the vote (7,171 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 42.8% (5,527 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (221 votes), among the 13,243 ballots cast by the city's 37,789 registered voters (324 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.0%.<ref name=2013Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 52.2% of the vote (7,457 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican Chris Christie with 40.1% (5,725 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 4.8% (681 votes), with 14,289 ballots cast among the city's 37,092 registered voters, yielding a 38.5% turnout.<ref>2009 Governor: Cumberland County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 24, 2012.</ref>

Education

Primary and secondary

The Vineland Public Schools serves students in public school for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.<ref>Vineland Board of Education Bylaws: 0110 - Identification, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed February 3, 2020. Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Vineland School District. Composition: The Vineland School District comprises all the area within the municipal boundaries of Vineland."</ref> The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke<ref>What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.<ref>What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 14 schools, had an enrollment of 10,266 students and 731.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Vineland Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Vineland Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are Casimer M. Dallago Jr. Preschool Center / IMPACT<ref>Casimer M. Dallago Jr. Preschool Center, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (with 215 students; in grade Pre-K), Dane Barse Elementary School<ref>Dane Barse Elementary School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (264; K–5), Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School<ref>Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (474; K–5), Marie Durand School<ref>Marie Durand School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (496; K–5), Edward Johnstone School<ref>Edward Johnstone School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (183; 5–8), Dr. William Mennies Elementary School<ref>Dr. William Mennies Elementary School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (596; K–5), Pauline J. Petway Elementary School<ref>Pauline J. Petway Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (504; K–5), Anthony Rossi Elementary School<ref>Anthony Rossi Elementary School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (637; K–5), Gloria M. Sabater Elementary School<ref>Gloria M. Sabater Elementary School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (784; K–5), Dr. John H. Winslow Elementary School<ref>Dr. John H. Winslow Elementary School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (462; K–5), Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School<ref>Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (682; 6–8), Veterans Memorial Middle School<ref>Veterans Memorial Middle School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (818; 6–8), Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School<ref>Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (783; 6–8), Cunningham Academy for students with "personal or academic challenges that prevent them from reaching their full potential"<ref>Cunningham Academy, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (NA; 7–12) and Vineland High School<ref>Vineland High School, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed June 1, 2022.</ref> (2,589; 9–12).<ref>School Performance Reports for the Vineland Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Vineland Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students are also eligible to attend Cumberland County Technical Education Center in Millville (with a Vineland post office address), serving students from the entire county in its full-time technical training programs, which are offered without charge to students who are county residents.<ref>Admissions Booklet, Cumberland County Technical Education Center. Accessed December 20, 2022. "Who Can Apply? Applicants must be enrolled in 8th grade and live in Cumberland County."</ref> The school relocated starting in the 2016–17 school year to a Template:Convert campus in Vineland constructed at a cost of $70 million and located next to Cumberland County College. The school initiated a new full-time high school program that included 240 students who will be part of the initial graduating class of 2020.<ref>Woods, Don E. "Tour Cumberland County tech school's new $70M campus", NJ.com, August 16, 2016. Accessed October 15, 2017. "Vineland -- Seventeen months and approximately $70 million went into the construction of Cumberland County Technical Education Center's new, state-of-the-art campus in time for the incoming class of 2020. Starting this year, CCTEC will be a four-year, full-time high school and its inaugural class -- 241 students -- will be entering the hallways on Sept. 12. The Cumberland County Improvement Authority handled the construction of the 200,000-square-foot school."</ref>

Cumberland Christian School is a private coeducational day school located in Vineland, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school, founded in 1946 as Vineland Christian School, has a total enrollment of over 1,000 students.<ref>"Cumberland Christian celebrates 70-year history", The Daily Journal, April 13, 2016. Accessed August 14, 2024. "In 1946, a group of parents decided to form Vineland Christian School. Shortly thereafter, a constitution was written, a board of directors was elected and the school was incorporated. Opening day was in September 1946, with one teacher and 17 students."</ref><ref>History, Cumberland Christian School. Accessed August 14, 2024.</ref>

The city is home to two Catholic elementary schools, Bishop Schad Regional School (combining St. Francis and Sacred Heart Schools)<ref>Home Page, Bishop Schad Regional School. Accessed October 20, 2016.</ref> and St. Mary Regional School.<ref>About Us, Bishop Schad Regional School. Accessed February 21, 2023.</ref> Both schools operate under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.<ref>Schools, South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 21, 2023.</ref> Bishop Schad formed in 2007 from the merger of Sacred Heart Regional School (Sacred Heart/St. Isidore) and St. Francis of Assisi, using the Sacred Heart site.<ref name=2007consol>Template:Cite web</ref> Sacred Heart High School served grades 9–12 from 1927 until its closure by the Camden Diocese in June 2013 due to declining enrollment.<ref>Woods, Don E. "Sacred Heart students in Vineland mourn the closing of their Catholic high school", NJ.com, April 12, 2013. Accessed October 20, 2016. "The Board of Limited Jurisdiction, the governing body of the school, which opened in 1927, broke the word to students and staff on Thursday night that the Diocese of Camden had decided to close Sacred Heart citing declining enrollment."</ref> St. Joseph High School in Hammonton was the closest Catholic high school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However that school closed in 2020.<ref>Yates, Riley. "5 N.J. Catholic schools to close, including South Jersey football powerhouse", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. April 17, 2020. Accessed February 19, 2021. "Five Catholic schools in southern New Jersey are closing permanently [...] and include Saint Joseph High School in Hammonton,[...]"</ref>

The Ellison School was a private, nonsectarian coeducational Pre-K–8 day school located on South Spring Road in Vineland. The school was founded in 1959 as a grade 1–3 school,<ref name=Coppolaschoolclose>Template:Cite web</ref> and moved to its Vineland site in 1968.<ref>School History Template:Webarchive, Ellison School, Accessed August 27, 2011.</ref> By 2016, enrollment had dropped to the point where closure was considered. By late 2019 the school had 11 instructors, three assistants to the instructors, and 76 students.<ref name=Coppolaschoolclose/> Ellison closed in December 2019. 25 of the students moved to the Pre-K–8 Christian school Edgarton Christian Academy, then in Newfield, which planned to move to Buena.<ref name=CoppolaAnth>Template:Cite web</ref>

College

Rowan College of South Jersey Cumberland Campus (former Cumberland County College) is partially in the Vineland city limits with the other portion in Millville.<ref name=Millvillemap>Template:Cite web – Page 2 has the map of the relevant area.</ref><ref name=Vinelandstreetsmap>Template:Cite web – Cumberland County College indicated.</ref><ref>Cumberland Campus Map, Rowan College of South Jersey. Accessed August 14, 2024. Note: Compare with the two city maps.</ref>

Library

Vineland Public Library is the city's public library.<ref>Home Page, Vineland Public Library. Accessed August 14, 2024.</ref>

Points of interest

• The Delsea Drive-In, located on Route 47 (Delsea Drive) north of County Route 552, was for years the only remaining drive-in theater in the state of New Jersey, the state in which they were first created in 1932 in Camden.<ref>Home Page, Delsea Drive-In. Accessed August 14, 2024. "The Delsea Drive-In was built in 1949, closed in 1987, and reopened in 2004. Located in Vineland, New Jersey, it is New Jersey's only drive-in movie theatre."</ref><ref>Genovese, Peter. "Vineland drive-in movie theater a ticket to the past", The Star-Ledger, August 31, 2011. Accessed July 26, 2012. "When the Route 35 Drive-In in Hazlet closed in 1991, New Jersey, the birthplace of the drive-in, was left without a drive-in theater. It stayed that way until 2004, when DeLeonardis purchased and re-opened the Delsea Drive-in, which had closed in 1987."</ref><ref>Howard, Jen. "The Delsea Drive-in keeps a vintage summer tradition alive", WHYY newsworks, July 15, 2011. Accessed August 27, 2011. "Delonardis feels his drive-in must be the best, partly because it's the only one in New Jersey--the birthplace of the drive-in. In 1933, the first one opened on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken."</ref> Today New Jersey is home to two drive-in theaters—the Delsea Drive-In and the Newark Moonlight Cinema.
• The Palace of Depression was built by the mustachioed eccentric George Daynor, a former Alaska gold miner who lost his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929; the house was known as "The Strangest House in the World" or the "Home of Junk", and was built as a testament of willpower against the effects of the Great Depression.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of a full restoration, undertaken by The Palace of Depression Restoration Association, is ongoing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Landis MarketPlace opened in 2011 as a two-level indoor public market<ref>Barlas, Thomas. "Landis MarketPlace in Vineland welcomes first customers", The Press of Atlantic City, May 5, 2011. Accessed August 27, 2011.</ref> and would go on to include several vendors on the upper level. In July 2015, the Amish vendors on the lower level departed and the market was purchased by the city the following month.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:As of Spataro's Pizza was the sole remaining tenant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• The Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society, a museum and research library that has been in operation since 1910 and holds a large collection exhibiting the city's history.<ref>Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society, VisitNJ.com. Accessed June 26, 2017.</ref>
• In 2009, as much as $25 million in grants from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 were allocated to help with the cleanup of the Vineland Chemical Company site. The company's owners had paid $3 million towards the cleanup of soil and water at the site polluted with arsenic and other toxic materials, though the United States Environmental Protection Agency has spent more than $120 million to remediate the Superfund site.<ref>Broder, John M. "Without Superfund Tax, Stimulus Aids Cleanups", The New York Times, April 25, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2011. "Vineland's former owners, now deceased, paid $3 million toward a cleanup that began a decade ago and has already cost more than $120 million. The site will get $10 million to $25 million in stimulus money to speed a continuing project to purge arsenic and other chemicals from soil and water on the site's 54 acres."</ref>

Media

Clear Communications owns two locally licensed radio stations; WVLT (92.1) and WMIZ (1270), with WPOV-LP (107.7) owned by the local branch of Calvary Chapel. Vineland is also the city of license for WUVP-DT (channel 65), Philadelphia's Univision station, which has studios in Franklin Township and their news operation and transmitter based in Philadelphia proper.

Transportation

Roads and highways

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Route 55 northbound in Vineland

Template:As of, the city had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Cumberland County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.<ref>Cumberland County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref>

Route 47 (Delsea Drive) runs almost Template:Convert north-south in the western quarter of the city, connecting Millville in the south to Franklin Township in Gloucester County at the city's northern tip.<ref>Route 47 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, March 2008. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref> Route 55 enters the city from Millville for Template:Convert, heads back into Millville and re-enters Vineland, running along the western border for Template:Convert and heads north into Pittsgrove Township in Salem County.<ref>Route 55 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, January 2009. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref> Route 56 (Landis Avenue) heads across the city from Pittsgrove Township to its eastern terminus at Route 47.<ref>Route 56 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, February 2009. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref>

County Route 540 (Almond Road / Park Avenue / Landis Avenue) enters from the west in Pittsgrove Township and continues for Template:Convert to Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, on the city's eastern border.<ref>County Route 540 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, October 2006. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref> County Route 552 (Sherman Avenue / Mays Landing Road) enters from Deerfield Township in the city's southwest corner and continues for Template:Convert into Maurice River Township.<ref>County Route 552 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, October 2006. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref> County Route 555 (South Main Road / North Main Road) enters from Millville extending for Template:Convert into Franklin Township.<ref>County Route 555 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, October 2006. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref>

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides bus transportation on the 313 route between Cape May and Philadelphia, on the 408 route between Millville and Philadelphia and on the 553 route between Upper Deerfield Township and Atlantic City.<ref>Buses Template:Webarchive, Cross County Connection. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref><ref>Transportation Plan Cumberland County, NJ, Cumberland County Planning Board, March 2013. Accessed October 31, 2019.</ref>

Two general aviation airports are located nearby. Vineland-Downstown Airport is located Template:Convert northeast of the central business district<ref>Vineland-Downstown Airport (28N), New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref> and Kroelinger Airport, Template:Convert north.<ref>Kroelinger Airport (29N), New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 10, 2013.</ref>

Parks and recreation

The Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA is in Vineland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The corporate name was changed from Vineland YMCA, as the board of directors decided to expand the organization's service area to include Atlantic and Cape May counties.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> There was a previous YMCA building in Millville that stopped operations in August 1990.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In late 1997, Millville Housing Authority purchased the building, which opened as the Holly City Development Corp. Family Center in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

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• Hakeem Abdul-Shaheed (born 1959), convicted drug dealer and organized crime leader<ref>Schurman, Mike; and Gonzales, Patrisia. "The Downfall Of A Drug Kingdom In A.C.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1989. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Like an imperial highness, Hakeem Abdul Shaheed was prone to wearing a St. Edward's crown, a bejeweled, gold crown around a red cushion that is a symbol of the British monarchy. And from his ranch home in Vineland, Shaheed, a.k.a. Robert 'Midget' Molley, ruled quite a kingdom - a drug kingdom that law enforcement authorities say spanned the clapboard housing neighborhoods of Mays Landing to the crumbling Atlantic City housing projects."</ref>
• Nelson Albano (born 1954), member of the New Jersey General Assembly who has represented the 1st Legislative District<ref>Assembly Member Nelson Albano profile, Project Vote Smart. Accessed August 8, 2007.</ref>
• Nicholas Asselta (born 1951), member of the New Jersey Senate, who served on the Vineland Board of Education (1993–1996), Vineland Planning Board (1992–1993) and Vineland Environmental Commission (1992–1993)<ref>Senator Nicholas Asselta, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 18, 2007. Accessed February 8, 2012.</ref>
• Johnny Austin (1910–1983), trumpeter who played with the Glenn Miller Orchestra before forming the Johnny Austin Orchestra in 1947<ref>Garraty, John Arthur; and Carnes, Mark Christopher. "Austin, Johnny", p. 762, American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 1999. Template:ISBN. Accessed November 10, 2013. "Austin, Johnny (23 Dec. 1910-14 Feb. 1983), musician, was born John A. Augustine in Vineland, New Jersey, the son of Samuel Augustine and Henrietta Labriola, occupations unknown."</ref>
• Herman Bank (1916–2012), mechanical engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who oversaw the design of several early spacecraft<ref>Nelson, Valerie J. "Herman Bank dies at 96; engineer designed collapsible surfboard; While working as a JPL 'rocket boy,' Herman Bank invented 'the suitcase surfboard' for easier transport. He also helped develop medical technology.", Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2012. Accessed November 10, 2013. "He was born Oct. 26, 1916, in Vineland, N.J., to Max and Sophie Bank, Russian Jewish immigrants who later moved to Los Angeles and ran a small market in Hollywood."</ref>
• Wallace M. Beakley (1903–1975), naval aviator who was a vice admiral in the United States Navy<ref>Adm. Beakley Dies; Led Pacific Fleet", The New York Times, January 18, 1975. Accessed April 26, 2020. "He was born in Vineland N. J. At the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1924, he starred on the lacrosse and soccer teams."</ref>
• Obie Bermúdez (born 1977), Latin Grammy winner for Best Male Pop Vocal Album in 2005<ref>Jackson, Vincent. "Vineland's Obie Bermudez A Winner At Latin Grammys", The Press of Atlantic City, November 5, 2005. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Latin pop singer Obie Bermudez, a 1995 Vineland High School graduate, won his first Latin Grammy Award Thursday in the category of Best Male Pop Album, beating out Marc Anthony and three other vocalists."</ref>
• Jack S. Brayboy (1921–1976), football player, coach, teacher, and university administrator, all at Johnson C. Smith University<ref>Thomas, Elmer. "JCSU Educator Brayboy Dies", The Charlotte Observer, September 2, 1976. Accessed July 30, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "A native of Vineland, N.J., he graduated from Smith in 1943 with a triple major in chemistry, physical education and mathematics."</ref>
• Stanley Brotman (1924–2014), Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey<ref>Staff. "Tribute to Judge Stanley S. Brotman", Seton Hall Law Review, 1990-1991. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Born in Vineland, New Jersey on July 27, 1974, Judge Brotman first answered his country's call to service during the Second World War."</ref>
• Robert Neil Butler (1927–2010), first director of the National Institute on Aging<ref>Martin, Douglas. "Robert Butler, Aging Expert, Is Dead at 83", The New York Times, July 7, 2010. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Dr. Butler's mission emerged from his childhood, he wrote in his book. His parents had scarcely named him Robert Neil Butler before splitting up 11 months after his birth on Jan. 21, 1927, in Manhattan. He went to live with his maternal grandparents on a chicken farm in Vineland, N.J."</ref>
• Glenn Carbonara (born 1966), former professional soccer player<ref>Weinberg, David. "Carbonara Making Waves On Defense", The Press of Atlantic City, May 11, 2001. Accessed February 8, 2012. "Vineland native Glenn Carbonara is one victory away from adding another championship to his professional soccer resume."</ref>
• Thomas Chisholm (1866–1960), Christian songwriter who wrote Great Is Thy Faithfulness<ref>Staff. "Rev. Thomas Chisholm, 93, Dies; Wrote 1,200 Protestant Hymns", The New York Times, March 2, 1960. Accessed August 8, 2012. "Ocean Grove, N.J., March 1-The Rev. Thomas O. Chisholm, author of 1,200 Protestant hymns and devotional verse, died tonight at the Methodist Home here.... In 1916, Mr. Chisholm moved to Vineland, where he went into the insurance business."</ref>
• Jamil Demby (born 1996), offensive tackle on the practice squad of the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL<ref>McGurk, Tom."Jamil Demby works out for two NFL teams in Vineland", The Daily Journal, April 4, 2018. Accessed May 27, 2018. "The National Football League came to Vineland on Wednesday. Later this month, a city native son hopes to go to the NFL. Jamil Demby, a star offensive lineman at Vineland High School and the University of Maine, worked out for coaches and scouts from the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers at the Joseph E. Romano Sports Complex."</ref>
• Dick Errickson (1912–1999), pitcher who played in MLB for the Boston Bees / Braves and the Chicago Cubs<ref>Dick Errickson, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Born: 3 / 5 / 1912 at Vineland, NJ (USA) Died: 11 / 28 / 1999 at Vineland, NJ (USA)"</ref>
• Sam Fiocchi (born 1952), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 1st Legislative District from 2014 to 2016<ref>Assemblyman Samuel L. Fiocchi Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed October 18, 2015.</ref>
• Darren Ford (born 1985), MLB outfielder who played for the San Francisco Giants<ref>Coppola, Anthony. "Vineland's Darren Ford joins MLB's San Francisco Giants" Template:Webarchive, The Daily Journal, September 2, 2010. Accessed August 15, 2011. "Darren Ford received some Giant news late Tuesday evening. The 2004 Vineland High School graduate was promoted to the Major League Baseball club in San Francisco, ending his current stint with the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels."</ref><ref>Darren Ford, Major League Baseball. Accessed August 15, 2011.</ref>
• Ted Ford (born 1947), former MLB outfielder who played for the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers<ref>Ted Ford, Baseball Almanac. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Ted Ford was born on Friday, February 7, 1947, in Vineland, New Jersey."</ref>
• Chris Gheysens (born Template:Circa), president and chief executive officer of Wawa Inc.<ref>DiStefano, Joseph N. "The Long and Shorti of It" Template:Webarchive, SJU Magazine, Summer 2012. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Wawa President Chris Gheysens '05 (M.B.A.) wakes up and smells the coffee every day, whether he's rallying management and store associates, sifting new-product sales and cost analytics, or pairing breakfast with a fresh-brewed cup.... Gheysens, a native of Vineland, N.J., whose father ran a chain of car washes, was taught compatible ideals in his own Catholic schooling — he graduated from St. Augustine Prep and Villanova University."</ref>
• Henry H. Goddard (1866–1957), psychologist and eugenicist and author of The Kallikak Family, who headed the Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys, where he introduced the term "moron" to describe a mild form of mental retardation<ref>Staff. "Veneerable Institutions Help Define Vineland", The Daily Journal, May 23, 2006. Accessed November 10, 2013. ""he building housed the famous Dr. Henry H. Goddard, a highly esteemed psychologist and one of the original directors. He was the first American academic to translate the Binet IQ test from French into English in the early 1900s."</ref>
• Jeremiah Hacker (1801–1895), Quaker reformer and journalist<ref>Staff. "The News of New Jersey: The Strange and Weird Funeral of Atheist Jeremiah Hacker", Daily True American, September 2, 1895. Accessed January 20, 2011.</ref>
• Lee Hull (born 1965), football coach and former player who was the head football coach at Morgan State University from 2014 to 2015<ref>Friedman, Josh. "Vineland grad named Indianapolis Colts' receivers coach", The Daily Journal, February 9, 2016. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Toward the end of their conversation, Chudzinski asked Hull, a 1984 Vineland High School graduate, if he’d have any interest in Indy’s vacant wide receivers coaching job."</ref>
• Alan Kotok (1941–2006), computer scientist known for his early and significant contributions to the Internet and World Wide Web<ref>Marquard, Bryan. "Alan Kotok; he tred vanguard of computers with brilliance, wit", Boston Globe, June 6, 2006, accessed April 25, 2007. "Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Kotok was an only child and grew up in Vineland, N.J., where his father owned a hardware store."</ref>
• R. Bruce Land (born 1950), politician and former corrections officer who has represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2016<ref>Staff. "2015 Election: 1st Legislative District Democrats", The Daily Journal, October 28, 2015. Accessed August 18, 2016. "Land, a Vineland resident, is a Millville native who picked up decorations for valor as a sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam War."</ref>
• Charles K. Landis (1833–1900), founder of Vineland<ref name=Bio/>
• Layle Lane (1893–1976), African American educator and civil rights activist<ref>Schierenback, Jack. "Lost and Found; The Incredible Life and Times of (Miss) Layle Lane", American Educator, Vol 24, No 4, Winter 2000-2001. Accessed October 25, 2018. "What we do know is that a few years later Rev. Lane picked up the family and moved to Vineland, N.J. At Vineland High School, 13-year-old Layle had her first taste of integration. A good student, she was the school's first black graduate."</ref>
• Miles Lerman (1920–2008), Holocaust survivor who fought as a Jewish resistance fighter during World War II in Nazi occupied Poland and helped to plan and create the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.<ref>Our People of the Century - Miles Lerman: A Holocaust Survivor Template:Webarchive, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed August 27, 2011. "Miles Lerman, a Vineland businessman, traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe, collecting artifacts and money to build the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C."</ref>
• Matthew Lipman (1923–2010), founder of Philosophy for Children<ref>Martin, Douglas. "Matthew Lipman, Philosopher and Educator, Dies at 87", The New York Times, January 14, 2011. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Matthew Lipman was born on Aug. 24, 1923, in Vineland, N.J."</ref>
• Jillian Loyden (born 1985), soccer goalkeeper<ref>via Associated Press. "Vineland native Jillian Loyden added to U.S. women's soccer training camp roster", The Press of Atlantic City, April 11, 2011. Accessed August 27, 2011.</ref><ref>Jillian Loyden Template:Webarchive, Villanova University. Accessed July 17, 2011.</ref>
• Fred Lucas (1903–1987), MLB outfielder who played briefly for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1935 season<ref>Fred Lucas, The Baseball Cube. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Born Date: January 19, 1903; Place: Vineland, New Jersey"</ref>
• Soraida Martinez (born 1956), artist, designer and social activist known for creating the art style of Verdadism<ref>Martinez, Soraida. Soraida's Verdadism: The Intellectual Voice of a Puerto Rican Woman on Canvas : Unique, Controversial Images and Style, p. 100. Soraida, 1999. Template:ISBN. Accessed October 25, 2018. "Soraida's parents separated when she was fourteen and her mother moved the family to Vineland, a small southern New Jersey town where Puerto Ricans were generally not accepted."</ref>
• John Landis Mason (1832–1902), inventor of the Mason jar<ref>Carnes, Mark C., ed. "Mason, John Landis", in American National Biography, Supplement 2, p. 369. Oxford University Press, 2005. Template:ISBN. Accessed November 12, 2013.</ref>
• Matthew W. Milam (born 1961), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2008 to 2013<ref>Mulvihill, Geoff via Associated Press. "Emotion high over NJ plan to close disability home", The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 19, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2017. "Assemblyman Matthew Milam, a Democrat from Vineland, said closing it would hurt not just the families of those who work at the center, but also vendors and others in an area with a fragile economy."</ref>
• Liv Lux Miyake-Mugler, drag performer most known for competing on season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race<ref>Biese, Alex. "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13: Olivia Lux goes from NJ to VH1", Asbury Park Press, December 13, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Olivia Lux is going from Asbury Park to the Werk Room. The current reigning Miss Paradise at the Asbury Park hotspot Paradise, Lux was among the queens announced as part of the cast for Season 13 of VH1 sensation RuPaul's Drag Race on Wednesday afternoon. Lux, 26, hails from the Vineland and Buena Vista Township area of Atlantic County and is currently based in Brooklyn."</ref>
• Don Money (born 1947), professional baseball player<ref>Geracle, Bud. "Gone but not forgotten"Template:Dead link, The Milwaukee Sentinel, February 18, 1985. Accessed May 30, 2016. "Don Money... Now tending his farm in Vineland, N.J."</ref>
• Ryan Ogren (born 1979/1980), musician who has performed as part of Over It and Runner Runner<ref>Van Embden, Edward. "Vineland native Ryan Ogren, frontman in the band Runner Runner, to play Tuesday on Jimmy Kimmel Live",The Press of Atlantic City, July 20, 2010, updated June 20, 2019. Accessed August 28, 2020. "Former Vineland resident Ryan Ogren and his band will perform for an audience of about 1.7 million tonight."</ref>
• Isiah Pacheco (born 1999), American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs<ref>Brandt, Mickey. "Vineland’s Pacheco To Enter 2022 NFL Draft", SNJ Today, December 7, 2021. Accessed May 4, 2022. "Vineland High School 2018 graduate Isiah Pacheco, a star Rutgers University football running back, earned All Big Ten honorable mention in both the coaches’ and media vote released last week by the conference office."</ref>
• John Pascarella (born 1966), soccer coach who serves as head coach of USL Championship club OKC Energy FC<ref>Bennett, Kyle. "Men's Soccer Makes Splash in Latest Head Coaching Hire", Rowan College of South Jersey, September 1, 2017. Accessed October 19, 2020. "Vineland natives John Pascarella and Glenn Carbonara will take the reins as the new Head Coach and Assistant Coach respectively."</ref>
• Lou Piccone (born 1949), wide receiver and kick returner who played in the NFL for the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills, during his nine seasons in the league<ref>Wallace, William N. "Football Free Agents: Grass Isn't Greener", The New York Times, April 23, 1978. Accessed October 16, 2011. "'It's not doing much for me,' said Piccone the other day by telephone from his home in Vineland, N.J."</ref>
• Tyreem Powell, American football linebacker for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights<ref>Tyreem Powell, Rutgers Scarlet Knights football. Accessed December 13, 2024. "Hometown: Vineland, N.J. High School: Vineland South"</ref>
• James Louis Schad (1917–2002), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden from 1966 to 1993<ref>Pray, Rusty. "Bishop James L. Schad, leader in Camden Diocese", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 29, 2002. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Bishop Schad, who grew up in Vineland, N.J., and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in the town in 1935, 'wanted to be a priest forever,' said his brother Louis."</ref>
• Jeret Schroeder (born 1969), former driver in the Indy Racing League<ref>Staff. "IRL: Jeret Schroeder Lands Tri Star Ride", Motrosport.com, December 6, 1999. Accessed June 26, 2017. "Larry Curry, Tony Stewart, Andy Card and Rick Ehrgott of Tri Star Motorsports announced today that they have signed Jeret Schroeder of Vineland, N.J., to drive one of their Dallara Auroras in Indy Racing League (IRL) events in 2000, including the Indianapolis 500."</ref>
• Chad Severs (born 1982), professional soccer player<ref>Staff. "Former Raider soccer star succeeding in the sales field for Red Bull", Ocean City Gazette, November 29, 2013. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Severs was born in Vineland and began playing soccer when he was 4 years old."</ref>
• Walter H. Seward (1896–2008), supercentenarian who was, at the time of his death aged 111, the third-oldest verified man living in the United States<ref>Mueller, Mark. "Rutgers' oldest alumnus Walter Seward dies at 111", The Star-Ledger, September 15, 2008. Accessed November 10, 2013. "A native of Toledo, Ohio, Seward moved to New Jersey with his parents more than 90 years ago, settling in the southern New Jersey community of Vineland."</ref>
• Walter L. Shaw (1916–1996), telecommunications engineer and inventor who ended up supplying the Mafia with black boxes capable of making free and untraceable telephone calls<ref>Peterson, Craig. "Having Had His Patents Stolen, He Now Had a License to Steal", CraigPeterson, December 5, 2008. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Walter L. Shaw was born in Vineland, New Jersey in 1917."</ref>
• George H. Stanger (1902–1958), politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1938 to 1946<ref>Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1944, p. 265. Accessed December 16, 2022. "George H. Stanger (Rep., Vineland) Senator Stanger was born in Glassboro, N.J., September 25, 1902. He was educated at Bridgeton High School and Lafayette College."</ref>
• Young Steff (born 1988), R&B, Hip Hop, and Pop singer-songwriter<ref>Staff. "At The Shore Today / Main Event / Young Steff in Vineland", The Press of Atlantic City, December 25, 2009. Accessed November 10, 2013. "What Is It: Celebrate the holiday in style with a show by R&B singer Young Steff. Born Stephen Goldsboro, he is a Vineland native who returns home for a show at Hangar 84 in Vineland."</ref>
• Marc Stern, attorney, business executive and philanthropist who serves as the chairman of the TCW Group<ref>Marc Stern, The Los Angeles Coalition. Accessed October 18, 2015. "A native of Vineland, New Jersey, Mr. Stern holds degrees from Dickinson College, Columbia University Graduate School of Public Law and Government and Columbia University School of Law."</ref>
• Muriel Streeter (1913–1995), artist known for her surrealist paintings<ref>Muriel Streeter, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Accessed April 15, 2021. "Born Vineland, New Jersey" </ref>
• Mike Testa (born 1976), attorney and politician who represents the 1st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate<ref>Furman, Harrison. "Senator Michael Testa to speak as part of new JCRC series", Jewish Community Voice, February 12, 2020. Accessed June 30, 2024. "Born and raised in Vineland, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, Senator Testa understands firsthand many of the issues, particularly anti- Semitism, civil and human rights, immigration, and security, that are important to Jews in New Jersey and across the United States."</ref>
• Mary Treat (1830–1923), naturalist/botanist and correspondent with Charles Darwin, who was the author of Injurious Insects of the Farm and Field (1882)<ref>Procida, Lee. "Vineland's Mary Treat helped Charles Darwin publish his work", The Press of Atlantic City, March 23, 2012. Accessed June 4, 2018. "When Charles Darwin needed help finishing his 20th book, the legendary English evolutionist turned to an amateur woman naturalist from Vineland named Mary Treat.... Treat was born in upstate New York in 1830, then married and moved to Vineland in 1868, only a few years after Charles Landis established the town."</ref>
• Gina Thompson (born 1973), R&B singer whose song "The Things That You Do" peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and number 12 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Chart<ref>Jackson, Vincent. "Singing Sensation / Vineland Native Gina Thompson Achieves Success With R&B Single", The Press of Atlantic City, August 11, 1996. Accessed January 20, 2011.</ref>
• Mike Trout (born 1991), Major League Baseball outfielder was born in Vineland<ref>Johnston, James earl. "Top Angels prospect Mike Trout undaunted about beginning 2012 campaign in Bees uniform", Deseret News, April 2, 2012. Accessed July 30, 2012. "Born in Vineland, NJ, Trout was a "natural" from Little League up."</ref>
• Richard Veenfliet (1843–1922), painter<ref>Richard Veenfliet, askART. Accessed October 25, 2018. "d. 20 August 1922- Kearny Soldiers' Home, Vineland, N.J."</ref>
• Vic Voltaggio (born 1941), Major League Baseball umpire from 1977 to 1996<ref>Van Embden, Edward. "Umpire makes Vineland fame wall", The Press of Atlantic City, June 1, 2009. Accessed November 10, 2013. "Behind that moment in history, and several others, was Vineland native Vic Voltaggio.... Voltaggio, 68, is being inducted into the Vineland Hall of Fame tonight at Vineland High School's all-sports banquet at Merighi's Savoy Inn in East Vineland."</ref>
• John H. Ware III (1908–1997), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania<ref>"Ware, John H., 3rd, (1908 - 1997)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Ware, John Haines, III, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Vineland, Cumberland County, N.J., August 29, 1908"</ref>
• Anthony Watson (born 1989), American-born skeleton racer who competed on behalf of Jamaica in the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to represent the Caribbean nation in the winter sport<ref>Coppola, Anthony V. "Vineland native to compete in Winter Olympics", The Daily Journal, February 5, 2018. Accessed February 21, 2018. "Anthony Watson was content knowing he'd miss the Philadelphia Eagles play in Super Bowl LII. After all, Watson, a Vineland native and 2008 Cumberland Christian graduate, had a decent excuse for missing the big game on Sunday.... Watson, 28, is set to represent Jamaica in the Winter Olympics as the country's first-ever skeleton competitor."</ref>
• Mona Weissmark, psychologist who has focused on intergenerational justice<ref>Biography Template:Webarchive, Mona Sue Weissmark. Accessed November 10, 2013. "Mona Sue Weissmark was born in Vineland, New Jersey."</ref>
• Thomas Bramwell Welch (1825–1903), discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice<ref>Ostling, Richard N. via Associated Press. "Q.: How much rigidity in communion liquidity?", The Daily Courier, May 17, 2002. Accessed January 20, 2011.</ref>
• Elmer H. Wene (1892–1957), represented Template:Ushr from 1937 to 1939 and from 1941 to 1945<ref>N.J. Constitutional Convention: Vol. 2, Page 981; Biographies Of Delegates, New Jersey State Library. Accessed November 10, 2013. "Elmer H. Wene, of Vineland, owns and operates the Wene Chick Farms Hatchery, the Wene Poultry Laboratories, also a general farm in Hunterdon County, and is the principal stockholder and president of two important radio stations in New Jersey. He resides on East Landis Avenue, Vineland."</ref>
• Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey<ref>Freda L. Wolfson, New Jersey Law Journal. Accessed February 6, 2014.</ref>
• Clarence M. York (1867–1906), attorney who served as a law clerk to the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States<ref>Peppers, Todd C. "The Supreme Court And The Curse Of The Gypsy; The Tragic Tale Of Clarence Melville York", The Green Bag, Vol. 13, No. 2. Accessed October 25, 2018. "My tale focuses primarily on York, who was born in Vineland on November 24, 1867 to Sidney P. and Elizabeth York."</ref>

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