Chews Landing, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Chews Landing is located in Camden County, New Jersey
Chews Landing
Chews Landing
Location in Camden County (Inset: Camden County in New Jersey)
Chews Landing is located in New Jersey
Chews Landing
Chews Landing
Chews Landing (New Jersey)
Chews Landing is located in the United States
Chews Landing
Chews Landing
Chews Landing (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°50′00″N 75°03′47″W / 39.83333°N 75.06306°W / 39.83333; -75.06306
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCamden
TownshipGloucester
Named forJeremiah Chew
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code856
GNIS feature ID882408[1]

Chews Landing (or Chews) is an unincorporated community within Gloucester Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2][3]

Located near the Big Timber Creek, Chews Landing is named after Jeremiah Chew, a revolutionary officer.[4] It is also home to St. John's Episcopal Church and Burying Ground; a historic church that was built in 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chews Landing, New Jersey
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Thomas Francis (1834). "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map".
  4. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (2007). New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past. US History Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60354-029-2. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
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