South Jersey Real Estate
Explore river communities, suburban centers, and rural landscapes across Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Gloucester County runs from Delaware River communities through established suburbs and boroughs into farmland and lower-density townships. The county's real estate includes historic homes in Woodbury and older borough centers, postwar neighborhoods, townhouses, newer subdivisions, and properties with larger lots in its southern and eastern sections. I-295, Route 55, Route 42, and the New Jersey Turnpike connect the county with Philadelphia and the rest of South Jersey. Red Bank Battlefield, Scotland Run Park, local downtowns, farm markets, wineries, shopping districts, colleges, and community events reflect the mix of suburban growth and agricultural history found across its 24 municipalities.
Community profiles updated October 17, 2026.
Expanded profiles retain the original site's detailed community snapshot. Population is labeled from the 2020 Census; price, tax, and school fields are labeled as 2025 snapshots rather than current figures.
Clayton's identity combines a former glassmaking village with the woods and water around Scotland Run. Once known as Fislertown, the settlement grew around glass factories; the borough's preserved recreational land now includes both local gathering places and the larger natural landscape at its edges.
Source: Borough of Clayton: Community background and landscapeAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of ClaytonAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Deptford is a collection of neighborhoods with different beginnings, from the former mill settlement of Almonesson to postwar Oak Valley. Lake Almonesson recalls the township's milling and ice-making past, while Oak Valley's Cape Cod, ranch and split-level houses show the later conversion of country-club land into residential streets.
Source: Deptford Township: Township history and neighborhoodsAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Deptford TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Mickleton, Clarksboro and Mount Royal are local names within East Greenwich, a township of residential neighborhoods and farmland in western Gloucester County. The municipality was assembled from parts of Greenwich and Mantua, and those smaller communities remain useful landmarks across its wider rural and suburban landscape.
Source: East Greenwich Township: Community backgroundAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: State of New Jersey: Local place-name directoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Roadside produce stands and working farmland remain part of Elk Township's landscape at Gloucester County's southern end. The Elephant Swamp Trail adds another local landmark, running from the township's recreation complex toward Salem County and reflecting the old rail corridors that once crossed this farming area.
Source: Elk Township: Community introductionAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation: Elephant Swamp trail connectionAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization: South Jersey Trails Design GuideAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Franklin Township spreads across a broad, partly forested landscape in southeastern Gloucester County, with farms, lakes and streams draining toward the Maurice River. Franklinville and Malaga belong to its older settlement pattern, while part of the township lies within the Pinelands National Reserve, giving the municipality both village centers and extensive rural land.
Source: Franklin Township: About the townshipAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Franklin Township: History and village developmentAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Franklin TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Rowan University's campus and Glassboro's downtown form a present-day center built on older industrial roots. The borough takes its name from glassmaking, and Hollybush Mansion connects those histories: the former Whitney family's home stands on the university campus, where it hosted the Johnson–Kosygin summit in 1967.
Source: Borough of Glassboro: History and present-day GlassboroAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of GlassboroAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Gibbstown is a local community within Greenwich Township, where the C. A. Nothnagle Log House preserves a link to the New Sweden period. The township is one remnant of a much larger early municipality whose former territory became several neighboring Gloucester County towns.
Source: Greenwich Township: About the township and GibbstownAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency: Gibbstown community landmarksAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Greenwich TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Historic Main Street in Mullica Hill forms a village center for Harrison Township, with houses ranging from the eighteenth century to the Victorian era. Raccoon Creek helped shape that settlement through milling, while Ewan, Richwood and Jefferson give the wider township several additional community identities.
Source: Harrison Township: Our townAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Harrison Township: Historic preservation elementAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Beckett, Bridgeport, Center Square, Nortonville and Repaupo are the five named areas that make up Logan Township. Their local names continue within a municipality that was originally established as West Woolwich, with Bridgeport holding the town hall and serving as the township's municipal address.
Source: Logan Township: About LoganAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Logan TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Mantua's original village stands on higher ground overlooking Mantua Creek, the waterway that gave the township its name. Sewell and Barnsboro are other communities within the municipality, while the township's offices remain on Main Street in Mantua, connecting its civic address with the older creekside village.
Source: Mantua Township: Community backgroundAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: State of New Jersey: Local place-name directoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Mantua TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Williamstown anchors Monroe Township, surrounded by smaller places including Cross Keys, Cecil, Downer and Victory Lakes. Streams such as Four Mile Branch and Scotland Run cross this former 'pine township,' whose village history includes glassmaking and produce canning alongside the earlier use of its forests and sandy ground.
Source: Monroe Township: Township and community historyAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Monroe TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
National Park meets the Delaware River at Red Bank Battlefield, where open river views surround the remains of Fort Mercer and the James and Ann Whitall House. The landmark is both a Revolutionary War site and a continuing place for interpreting eighteenth-century life through the house and its gardens.
Source: Gloucester County: Red Bank Battlefield ParkAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of National ParkAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Newfield's streets and older business sites follow the junction where the Atlantic City spur met the main railroad line. The railway brought employees and industry to the village, including a glass factory between the tracks; today's Borough Hall occupies the former First National Bank building.
Source: Borough of Newfield: HistoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of NewfieldAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
The Delaware River and Mantua Creek frame Paulsboro's industrial waterfront, while Billingsport preserves the name of an earlier shad-fishing village. The black steel tower of Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse rises within the borough, continuing a navigation role that began in 1880.
Source: Borough of Paulsboro: HistoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of Paulsboro: Tour of Historic PaulsboroAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of PaulsboroAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Pitman Grove gives the borough an unusual center: twelve narrow streets radiate from a tabernacle, surrounded by small cottages with porches and latticework. The pattern began as an 1871 Methodist camp meeting, and the nearby Broadway business district developed as the seasonal settlement became a year-round town.
Source: Pitman Historic Preservation Commission: Design GuidelinesAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-19.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-19.
Harrisonville is one local name within South Harrison's agricultural landscape, where the township continues to preserve its farming heritage. Older brick houses remain landmarks along the country roads, including the privately owned Gardiner House, whose gable bears the date 1802 at the Commissioners Road crossroads.
Source: South Harrison Township: Community introductionAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Gloucester County: Historical SitesAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: State of New Jersey: Locality SearchAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Swedesboro's center follows Kings Highway south from Raccoon Creek, with a streetscape shaped by its early Swedish and Finnish settlement. The Van Leer/Mortenson Log Cabin now stands beside the Trinity 'Old Swedes' Church cemetery, keeping a surviving early building within the borough's present landscape.
Source: Borough of Swedesboro: About SwedesboroAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of SwedesboroAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Turnersville, Hurffville and Grenloch Terrace are among the local communities that make up Washington Township. At Olde Stone House Village, the George Morgan house shares a site with a rescued post office, church, farmhouse and railroad station, gathering pieces of the area's earlier villages into one physical setting.
Source: State of New Jersey: Locality SearchAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: New Jersey Historic Trust: George Morgan Jr. Stone HouseAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Wenonah's broad Mantua Avenue and regular blocks reflect a town planned around the West Jersey Railroad in the 1870s. The borough began as farmland redeveloped for a country resort beside Mantua Creek; dams later created recreational lakes, leaving water as well as the street plan central to its identity.
Source: Borough of Wenonah: Borough HistoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of Wenonah: History and HeritageAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
West Deptford follows the Delaware River, with local names such as Thorofare and Verga marking communities within the township. At RiverWinds, the riverfront forms a peninsula and cove beside Woodbury Creek, a landscape shaped by decades of dredged material before the township acquired the site.
Source: West Deptford Township: Community introductionAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: West Deptford Township: RiverCenter Redevelopment Plan, January 2020Accessed 2026-10-17.
Source: City of Woodbury: History and neighboring communitiesAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Big Timber Creek is central to Westville's layout and origins: the old Kings Highway crossed the water here, encouraging a tavern stop and a town. The Thomas West House still stands on River Drive, connecting today's creekside borough to that early crossing community.
Source: Borough of Westville: HistoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of WestvilleAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Woodbury's Main Street district extends from the Woodbury Creek bridge toward the old Mullica Hill and Swedesboro road junction. Gloucester County's seat for more than two centuries, the city also grew around the Green family's nineteenth-century patent-medicine business, giving its center both civic and industrial roots.
Source: City of Woodbury: HistoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: City of WoodburyAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Glen Lake gives Woodbury Heights a waterside landmark with an industrial beginning: its dam once powered Simon Snook's lumber mill. The surrounding borough grew through planned development on both sides of the railroad, followed by the Southwood and Summit neighborhoods that expanded its residential streets in the twentieth century.
Source: Borough of Woodbury Heights: HistoryAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Borough of Woodbury HeightsAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: New Jersey MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.
Preserved farmland forms a continuous stretch around Davidson Road in Woolwich, while tidal Raccoon Creek adds wetlands and meadow to the township's landscape. Lake Narraticon, shared with Swedesboro, gives another waterside setting, linking the surrounding countryside with the neighboring borough.
Source: Woolwich Township: Visiting WoolwichAccessed 2026-10-17.
Source: Woolwich TownshipAccessed 2026-07-18.
Source: Gloucester County MunicipalitiesAccessed 2026-07-18.