Raccoon Creek

Raccoon Creek is a New Jersey historical marker in Gloucester County, dedicated 1932.

Entering Swedesboro from Woodbury, right hand side before reaching Raccoon Creek, between pol ACE/8363 and bridge · location approximate

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Oct. , 1777, skirmishes between the British and the militia took place along the main road. Feb., 1778, General Wayne was here on a foraging expedition. April 4, 1778, the British destroyed the school-house.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1795 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Delaware, 1795, covering the location of Raccoon Creek, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, 1795, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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