Moorestown (N.J.)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
מורסטאון (ניו ג'רזי)
Name (Latin)
Moorestown (N.J.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Moorestown, N.J
Moore's Town (N.J.)
Coordinates
-74.945 -74.945 39.9771 39.9771 (gooearth )
W0745634 W0745634 N0395801 N0395801 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Chester (Burlington County, N.J.)
MARC
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Sources of Information
- DeCou, G. Moorestown and her neighbors, 1973(Chestertown inhabited ca. 1692; later known as Rodmantown; these names dropped early in 18th c. and village called Chester; in 1802 name changed to Moorestown; also known as Moore's Town; originally in township of Chester [later Maple Shade]; currently in Moorestown Township)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°58ʹ01ʺN 074°56ʹ34ʺW)
- NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Family papers, 1691-1897(Moorestown, N.J.)
- Rand McNally comm'l atlas, 1986(Moorestown; Burlington Co. [not same as Moorestown Township])
- DeCou, G. Moorestown and her neighbors, 1973(Chestertown inhabited ca. 1692; later known as Rodmantown; these names dropped early in 18th c. and village called Chester; in 1802 name changed to Moorestown; also known as Moore's Town; originally in township of Chester [later Maple Shade];currently in Moorestown Township)