Vincentown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. located on the South Branch Rancocas Creek in Southampton Township of Burlington County, New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08088. As of the 2020 census, Vincentown had a population of 535. Demographics

Vincentown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

+Vincentown CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 452 84.49%Black or African American alone (NH) 15 2.80%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%Asian alone (NH) 50.93%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)0 0.00%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 24 4.49%Hispanic or Latino (any race)39 7.29%Total535 100.00%

History In 1743, Vincent Leeds purchased the land where the community is now built. It was later named after him, Vincent's Town. Previously, the village had been known as Brimstone Neck.

Historic district

The Vincentown Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Mill, Church, Pleasant, Main, and Race Streets, and Red Lion Road encompassing the community. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1988 for its significance in architecture, commerce, industry, religion, and social history. The district includes 160 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites. With The John Woolston House, a -story brick house with Federal style, was previously documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1938. The house at 57 Main Street is a three-story Italianate style house featuring a cupola with a tree-type finial. It was built and is a key contributing property.

Transportation Red Lion Airport is located in Vincentown.Red Lion Airport (N73), New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed June 9, 2016.

The Vincentown Branch of the Burlington County Railroad opened a line into the town from Ewansville, New Jersey on May 10, 1864. Soon after its opening, it was leased by the Camden and Burlington County Railroad, then by the Camden and Amboy Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. The branch line to Vincentown was built to serve marl pits to the south of town. By the 1890s, it had largely shifted to handling dairy traffic. It was abandoned in 1927.

Education Its school districts are Southampton Township School District (elementary and middle school) and Lenape Regional School District (high school). - Text list All residents of Southampton Township are zoned to Seneca High School.

Points of interest The Pinelands Preservation Alliance has its headquarters and visitor center at the Bishop–Irick Farmstead, which is listed on the NRHP. DeMastro Vineyards

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.Samuel Atkinson Dobbins, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007. Brad Ecklund (1922–2010), center who played five seasons in the NFL.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." Job H. Lippincott (1842–1900), United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.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 Morehouse (1902–1980), jazz drummer."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." Jim Saxton (born 1943), Congressman from 1984 to 2009.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. Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering missionary teacher in China.

See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey

References

External links

Vincent Fire Company Preservation Commission of Historic Southampton