Retreat, New Jersey

Populated place in Burlington County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
39°54′59″N 74°42′46″W / 39.91639°N 74.71278°W / 39.91639; -74.71278Country United StatesState New JerseyCountyBurlingtonTownshipSouthamptonElevation
9 m (30 ft)Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))Area code609GNIS feature ID879666[1]

Retreat is an unincorporated community and former hamlet located within Southampton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2][3] The area consists of some residential houses grouped together along Big Hill Road and Retreat Road. A large cranberry bog exists to the southeast of the community while Leisuretowne retirement community is located southwest of here. Most of the remaining area consists of forestland.[4]

The community was originally named New Retreat during the American Revolutionary War by a Continental Army soldier who used the site for a cannonball manufacturing. The site was concealed from the British army who at the time was occupying present-day Mount Holly. Retreat was later home to cotton mills which operated until the 1840s.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Retreat, New Jersey
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey (1893). Bulletin - United States Geological Survey, Issues 111-121. The Survey. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  4. ^ Google (June 17, 2016). "Aerial view of Retreat" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  5. ^ Shaw, W.H. (1883). "Southampton Township: Villages & Hamlets - Red Lion, Beaveville, & Retreat". Woodward and Hageman. The Preservation Commission of Historic Southampton. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
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