Port Elizabeth, New Jersey
Encyclopedia
Port Elizabeth is an unincorporated area within Maurice River Township
, Cumberland County, New Jersey
. The area is served as United States Postal Service
ZIP code
08348.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area
08348 was 455.
Route 47 and Route 55 intersect in Port Elizabeth.
, drying out valuable lands for farmers, who flocked in. Further down the river wharves were built, giving Port Elizabeth the Port part of the name.
Maurice River Township, New Jersey
Maurice River Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...
, Cumberland County, New Jersey
Cumberland County, New Jersey
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population is 156,898. Its county seat is Bridgeton. Cumberland County is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland....
. The area is served as United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
08348.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. This new entity was developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely defining the land area covered by each ZIP code...
08348 was 455.
Route 47 and Route 55 intersect in Port Elizabeth.
History
Port Elizabeth, named for Elizabeth Clark Bodly, a Quakeress and owner of lands on which Port Elizabeth lays, was laid out in 1785. In 1778, a dam was built on the Manumuskin RiverManumuskin River
The Manumuskin River is a tributary of the Maurice River in southern New Jersey in the United States. It flows through a relatively pristine forested area in the southern Pinelands of Cumberland County, as well as arborvitae bogs and salt marshes in its lower reaches...
, drying out valuable lands for farmers, who flocked in. Further down the river wharves were built, giving Port Elizabeth the Port part of the name.
Historic structures
- Port Elizabeth United Methodist Church, built in 1827 to replace Cumberland County's first Methodist Church which was built in 1786
- John Boggs Hall, built in 1854 as the Port Elizabeth School, was moved to its present location in 1958
- Port Elizabeth Library, built in 1810 as a general store
- Eagle Glass Works Hotel, built around 1807 to house the Eagle Glass Works
- St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church, built in 1810 for the Eagle Glass Works workers, was moved to Goshen in 1878
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Port Elizabeth include:- Mike LaffertyMike LaffertyMike Lafferty is a multi-time AMA National Enduro Champion from Southern New Jersey, USA. He has been racing at the championship level since 1993 when he won the AMA Regional Championship. Lafferty has won eight AMA National Enduro Championships, which ties the record previously set by Dick...
(1975-) EnduroEnduroEnduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on courses that are predominantly off-road. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges...
motorcycle champion. - Thomas LeeThomas Lee (New Jersey)Thomas Lee was an American Jacksonian Party politician who represented New Jersey at large in the United States House of Representatives from 1833-1837....
(1780-1856), represented New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
at large in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from 1833-1837. He was postmaster of Port Elizabeth from 1818-1833 and 1846-1849 and founder of Port Elizabeth Library and Academy.
External links
- Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08348 from the United States Census BureauUnited States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...