2 of Voorhees Township’s places are on the National Register
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #420 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Glendale Methodist Episcopal Church and the Four Echelon Plaza. Most of Voorhees Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1888 on and the census since 1900.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Voorhees Township is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #420 of 468 in New Jersey. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Voorhees Township’s overall grade.
New Jersey towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New Jersey town has 3.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Voorhees Township’s 0.6 sits below most of its state (28% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Voorhees Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Voorhees Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1888Mount Holly sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Voorhees Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and old corners
Another post office, Glen Dale, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Voorhees Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Voorhees Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Voorhees Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a suburb in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,069, an increase of 1,938 (+6.7%) from the 2010 census count of 29,131, which in turn reflects an increase of 1,005 (+3.6%) from the 28,126 counted in the 2000 census. Voorhees Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1899, from portions of Waterford Township. Portions of the township were taken on March 8, 1924, to form Gibbsboro. The township is named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the Governor of New Jersey who authorized its …
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 29,131 to 31,069 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Voorhees Township, 1852 to 1994
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Voorhees Township is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #420 of 468 in New Jersey. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Voorhees Township?
Two places: the Glendale Methodist Episcopal Church (listed 1995) and the Four Echelon Plaza (2026).
How old are the homes in Voorhees Township?
3% of Voorhees Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1983.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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