Swedish Settlement

Swedish Settlement is a New Jersey historical marker in Burlington County, dedicated 1938.

Cinnaminson, near intersection of Route #25 and road to Riverton, right hand side going toward Burlington, above Gulf Gasoline Station - about 100 feet from intersection - between · location approximate

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Cinnaminson Township was first settles by Swedes who came across the Delaware at an early date. Their farms lay along the Delaware, Pennsauken Creek, and Swedes' Run. This was the most northerly of the Swedish settlements.

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1901 · Philadelphia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1942 · Burlington, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Philadelphia, 1901, covering the location of Swedish Settlement, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia, 1901, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Swedish Settlement

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