Vincentown, New Jersey
Vincentown is an unincorporated community located within Southampton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.[4] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 08088.[2]
Vincentown, New Jersey | |
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  Vincentown Location in Burlington County (Inset: Burlington County in New Jersey)  Vincentown Vincentown (New Jersey)  Vincentown Vincentown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 74°44′55″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Burlington |
| Township | Southampton |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 24,664 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP code | 08088[2] |
| Area code(s) | 609, 640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 881465[3] |
As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08088 was 24,664.[1]
Red Lion Airport (N73) is located in Vincentown.[5]
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Vincentown include:
- Samuel A. Dobbins (1814–1886), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873–1877.[6]
- Brad Ecklund (1922–2010), center who played five seasons in the NFL.[7]
- Job H. Lippincott (1842–1900), United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.[8]
- Chauncey Morehouse (1902–1980), jazz drummer.[9]
- Jim Saxton (born 1943), Congressman from 1984 to 2009.[10][11]
- Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering missionary teacher in China.
Wineries
References
- DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08088, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 18, 2016.
- Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 1, 2013.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vincentown, New Jersey
- Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- Red Lion Airport (N73), New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
- Vargas, Claudia. "Brad Ecklund, former NFL player, coach", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2010. Accessed February 28, 2011. "Brad Ecklund, 87, of Vincentown, a former NCAA and NFL football player who coached the Eagles' offensive line in the 1970s, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at Samaritan Hospice in Mount Holly."
- Fitzgerald, Thomas F. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 1900, p. 291. T. F. Fitzgerald, 1900. Accessed July 18, 2016. "Job H. Lippincott, Jersey City. Justice Lippincott was born near Mount Holly, N.J., November 12th, 1842. He was reared on his father's farm at Vincentown, N.J., and received a common-school education."
- "Chauncey Morehosue, 78, jazz drummer", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 1980. Accessed June 7, 2020. "Chauncey Morehouse, 78, a jazz drummer, died Friday at a nursing home in Medford, N.J. He formerly lived in Vincentown, N.J."
- Stout, David. "New Jersey Daily Briefing; A Deal for Lockheed Martin", The New York Times, May 8, 1995. Accessed June 2, 2017. "Lockheed Martin's government electronic systems plant has been awarded a $35 million contract for engineering and technical work on Japanese naval destroyers, Representative Jim Saxton, Republican of Vincentown, announced last week."
- Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. The Almanac of American Politics 1988', p. 764. National Journal, 1987.
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