Lower Alloways Creek
(Including Hancock's Bridge)
08038 (Lower Alloways Creek Weather Forecast, NJ)
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Surrounding towns:
Elsinboro, Quinton and Salem Township.
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Lower Alloways Creek Township has a total area of 72.6 square miles of which more than a third of the area is water. Since a great portion of the township is marsh and wetlands it is environmentally important as a habitat for migratory birds.
Government
Lower Alloways Creek
501 Locust Island Road
Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038
856-935-1549
Departments
Construction Official 856-935-5441
Court Administator 856-935-1957
Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency)
First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency)
Health Department 856-935-7510
Library -
Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 856-935-7300
Police - 911
(Non-emergency) 856-935-7300
Public Works 856-935-5252
Recreation
Senior Citizens
Tax Collector's Office 856-935-1549 Ext 625
Tax Assessor 856-935-1549 Ext 651
Education
PTA
Lower Alloways Creek Township School - Elementary Grades K - 8
967 Main Street-Canton
Salem, New Jersey 08079
856-935-2707
Salem High School - Grades 9 - 12
219 Walnut Street
Salem, NJ 08079
856-935-3900
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Hancock House
3 Front Street
Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038
After two days of skirmishing, British Colonel Charles Mawhood,
more determined than ever to defeat the Colonial militia,
chose the
community around Hancock’s Bridge to concentrate
his efforts.
Major John G. Simcoe was dispatched with a force of
300 trained guerilla fighters and orders to spare no one.
In the darkness of the early morning hours of March 21, 1778,
Simcoe’s troops quietly surrounded Judge William Hancock’s
house where a small Quaker garrison of about 30 colonial
militia, including Judge Hancock, were sleeping.
Simcoe’s
troops entered the house simultaneously
from the front and
back and in the darkness of the night, quickly bayoneted
all occupants. Some survived, but unfortunately one of the
casualties turned out to be Judge Hancock.
Parks
- Hancock House
New Street & Locust Island Road
Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038
- Madhorse Creek Fish & Wildlife Area
Alloways Creek Neck Road
Lower Alloways Creek, NJ 08038
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