Swedesboro
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Swedesboro is completely surrounded by Woolwich Township
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Swedesboro was settled as part of New Sweden in the mid-1600s. The early Swedes and Finns were fishermen, hunters and farmers.
The English Colonial government needed a road between the communities of Burlingtown and Salem, so they built the Kings Highway in 1691 which opened the southern portion of Gloucester County to more settlers, who were drawn to the area by the fertile sandy soil, prime farmland and vast tracts of oak, birch, maple and pine trees. Originally, the community was called Raccoon, until the name was changed to Swedesboro in 1765.
Through the late 1800s, Raccoon Creek was a water route that was naturally deep enough to transport wood and farming projects to Philadelphia by the Delaware River.
Swedesboro was formed as a borough on April 9, 1902, from portions of Woolwich Township.
Government
Borough of Swedesboro
Borough Hall
1500 Kings Highway
Swedesboro,NJ 08085
856-467-0202
Departments
Construction Official
Court Administator
Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency) Woolwich Fire Company 856-467-2195
First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency)
Health Department
Library - 856-467-0111
Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
Police - 911
(Non-emergency) Woolwich Police 856-589-0911
Public Works 856-467-1540
Recreation 856-467-2666, ext. 3300
Senior Citizens
Tax Collector's Office 856-467-0202
Tax Assessor
Education
Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
15 Fredrick Blvd.
Woolwich, NJ 08085
856-241-1552
Swedesboro-Woolwich Public School District
Margaret C. Clifford School (Pre K – Kindergarten)
601 Auburn Ave.
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-1552
Governor Charles C. Stratton School (Grades 1 – 2)
15 Fredrick Blvd.
Woolwich, NJ 08085
856-241-1552
Charles G. Harker School (Grades 3 – 5)
1771 Oldmans Creek Road
Woolwich, NJ 08085
856-241-1552
Walter H. Hill School (Grade 6)
1815 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-1552
Kingsway Regional Regional School District
Kingsway Regional Middle School (Grades 7 – 8)
213 Kings Highway
Woolwich Twp, NJ 08085
856-467-3300
Kingsway Regional High School (Grades 9 – 12)
201 Kings Highway
Woolwich Twp, NJ 08085
856-467-3300
Private schools
Arts & Entertainment
Art
Cooking
Dance
- Raise The Barre
410 Guest Avenue
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-8400
Martial Arts
- Okinawa Kenpo Karate Academy
95 Woodstown Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-2210
- Yi's Karate
401 Helms Avenue
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-1212
Music
- Old Town Music
17 Village Center Drive
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-5060
- Swedesboro Music Studio
9 South Avenue
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
609-458-7567
Performing Arts / Theaters
- Dee Dots Performing Arts
356 Garwin Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-8998
- Swedesboro Performing Arts Academy
1510 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-832-4774
Cemeteries
- St Josephs Cemetery
140 Broad Street
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0037
Funeral Homes & Monuments
- Funeral Homes
- Cheega Funeral Home
1329 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0030
- Daley Life Celebration Studio
1518 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0626
- Cheega Funeral Home
- Monuments
Clubs and Organizations
- Gloucester County SPCA
55 Ogden Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0182
Historic Places
Swedesboro-Woolwich Historical Society
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-203-4045
Adams Meeting House aka Old Stone Church
Oak Grove and Meeting House Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
The church was built in 1793 by local farmers who needed
a place to gather and worship the then new Methodist
religion that was spreading throughout the land. Said to be
the oldest Methodist Church in South Jersey. It is also known
in earlier days as the "Adams Meeting House," and
"Oak Grove Church." This area of town was known as the
"Adams Neighborhood, as the church was built on a corner
of the farm of Joseph and Elizabeth Adams. Later Mr. &
Mrs. Adams gave an acre of adjoining land for use as a
burial ground. This cemetery is remarkable because of the
small proportion of children's graves in it.
John C Rulon House
428 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Originally a two room house built circa 1813,
this home belonged to John C. Rulon, who
founded the first bank in the Borough, and was
responsible for bringing water and sewer into
Swedesboro and building Lake Park Cemetery.
Expanded in 1820, then again in the 1840s and
1880s, the home still retains its original
hardwood floors, pocket doors, and ornate
Italianate porch railing as installed by John
C. Rulon himself.
Richardson Avenue School
Richard Ave & School Street
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Formerly a Masonic Hall, the Richardson Avenue School
opened as a “separate but equal” three classroom school
for African American children in 1931. It remained open until
1942, and is recognized today as the only remaining
segregated school in the state.
Trinity Church
Church Street & Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Trinity “Old Swedes” Church is the first Swedish
Church in the state and the third in the nation.
Founded as a Swedish Lutheran Church in
1703, the present building seats 300, dates
back to 1784 and retains most of its original
architectural details. The bell tower, added in
1839, has an interior identical to that of
Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Parks
Places of Worship
- Bethesda United Methodist Church
1433 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0127
- Ebenezer United Methodist Church
59 Main Street
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-299-5950
- First Baptist Church
700 Auburn Avenue
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-2975
- First Presbyterian Church
1526 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-1842
- Kingsway Baptist Church Parsonage
346 Asbury Station Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-1180
- Living Hope Worship Center
1566 Center Square Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0141
- New Destiny Ministries
195 Hunters Run
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-8794
- New Jerusalem AUMP Church
53 Woodstown Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
609-935-8394
- Repaupo United Methodist Church
770 Paulsboro Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-423-1109
- St Joseph's Church
140 Broad Street
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0037
- St Paul U.A.M.E. Church
2nd Street
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-0455
- Swedesboro Seventh-Day Adventist
103 Helms Avenue
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-9466
- Trinity Episcopal Church
1208 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-1227
- Trinity Parish
202 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-1856
- Word of Truth Fellowship
170 Franklin Street
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-241-7588
Sports & Leisure
Amusement
- Bridgeport Speedway
83 Floodgates Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-4407
Baseball
- Locke Ave Baseball Fields
58 Locke Ave
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Basketball
Bowling
Diving Instruction
Equestrian
Fishing
Fitness
Football
Golf
- Beckett Golf Club
2387 Kings Highway
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-4700
Gymnastics
- The Little Gym
95 County Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
856-467-9467
Hockey
Lacrosse
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis