Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian

Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian is a New Jersey historical marker in Salem County, dedicated 1941.

Formally organized in 1741, though services had been held as early as 1720. The old church was built in 1767. School here came to be called "Pittsgrove College", because of number of students At intersection of Alloway-Salem Road and Woodstown- prepared for college by the ministers.

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1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1941 · Salem, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1948 · Salem, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian

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