Waretown, New Jersey (former town)

This article is about the former unincorporated town in Gloucester County. For the current town in Ocean County, see Waretown, NJ.

Waretown was an unincorporated community of Gloucester Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey that existed between c. 1794–1874. Historically, it was located about 3.3 miles northeast of the center of Williamstown and about 8/10ths of a mile from the current site of Sicklerville.[1][2][3][4][5] The town is unrelated to the Waretown that exists today in Ocean County, New Jersey.

  1. ^ Camden County Centennial, 1844-1944, Compiled, Written Edited by A. Charles Corotis and James M. O'Neill, p. 81; found at http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=13834&pageno=1.
  2. ^ A Short History of Winslow Township, Waretown and Sicklertown, written by the Winslow Genealogical & Historical Society. See http://www.winslowghs.org.
  3. ^ Camden County's Place Names, pp. 28, 31. See http://cchsnj.com/cc_placenames.pdf. Boyer, Charles S. File card collection of places.
  4. ^ History of Sicklerville, NJ. See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhswt/sicklerville.htm.
  5. ^ History of Sicklerville. See http://www.sumcnj.com/history-of-sumc.