Gouldtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated placeState of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 15, 2023. (CDP) in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Gouldtown had a population of 1,601. It is in the northwestern part of the county, in the northeast part of Fairfield Township, and it is bordered to the west by the city of Bridgeton, the county seat. New Jersey Route 49 runs through the community, leading east to Millville and west through Bridgeton to Salem. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,601.
Gouldtown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
2020 Census +Gouldtown CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020% 2020White alone (NH)1318.18%Black or African American alone (NH)1,03664.71%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)875.43%Asian alone (NH)60.37%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)90.56%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)825.12%Hispanic or Latino (any race)25015.62%Total1,601100.00%
History Monroe Work catalogued it among "Negro" communities in his Negro Yearbook series.Work, Monroe Nathan; Guzman, Jessie Parkhurst Negro year book : an annual encyclopedia of the Negro 1931-1932, p. 529. Tuskeegee Institute. Accessed August 31, 2023.
Gouldtown was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1818, current building constructed in 1860, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated December 22, 2021. Accessed February 22, 2022.
Education Students are zoned to Fairfield Township School District (for elementary school) and Cumberland Regional School District (for high school). - Text list
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gouldtown include: Harold Gould (1924–2012), baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League.Hunt, Donald. "Negro League star Harold Gould, 88", The Philadelphia Tribune, November 15, 2012. Accessed February 22, 2022. "Gould was born in Gouldtown, N.J. He was the son of the late Sydney and Eva (née Lloyd) Gould and the husband of Gwendolyn McElroy Foote Gould." Theophilus Gould Steward (1843–1924), U.S. Army chaplain, Buffalo Soldier, organizer of A.M.E. congregations in South Carolina and Georgia
See also Delaware Moors Whitesboro, New Jersey Lawnside, New Jersey Springtown, New Jersey
Further reading Gouldtown, a Very Remarkable Settlement of Ancient Date: Studies of Some Sturdy Examples of the Simple Life, Together with Sketches of Early Colonial History of Cumberland County and Southern New Jersey and Some Early Genealogical Records originally published in some for in 1913 in and published in 1923 Theophilus Gould Steward and William Steward.Gouldtown, a very remarkable settlement of ancient date : studies of some sturdy examples of the simple life, together with sketches of early colonial history of Cumberland County and southern New Jersey and some early genealogical records by Steward, William, Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould), Publication date 1913. , Accessed August 31, 2023.
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