More historic than 33% of U.S. towns · #391 of 468 in New Jersey. What drives it
Most of Winslow Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1890 on, and the census since 1850.
From Winslow Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers
How Winslow Township began
When was Winslow Township founded?
1832
The Winslow Township post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1867. Five smaller post offices, Tansboro (1862), Ancora (1870) and Elm (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,540 in 18502020 census: 39,907194 years
How historic is Winslow Township?
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More historic than 33% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Winslow Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1867.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Winslow Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Winslow Township is more historic than 33% of U.S. towns, #391 of 468 in New Jersey. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Winslow 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 Winslow Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (12% of New Jersey towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1867.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Winslow Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Winslow Township
Ancora Psychiatric HospitalBlue AnchorHopewell
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Winslow Township on the map, 1890 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winslow Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1890Hammonton 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 Winslow Township.
Timeline
Winslow Township, 1832 to 1990
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Winslow Township is Camden County's largest municipality at 58 square miles (150 km2). The township got its name from the son of a 19th-century glass factory owner, William Coffin Sr., who bought large tracts of timber in Camden County about six miles west of Hammonton and with his son-in-law in 1929. Thomas Jefferson Perce and William Coffin Jr., built the Winslow Glass Works (his second one in 12 years) in the midst of a thick pine forest. The community was named for Senior Coffin's youngest son, Edward Winslow Coffin.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Winslow Township post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1867.
How does Winslow Township rank for history?
Winslow Township is more historic than 33% of U.S. towns, #391 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.
How old are the homes in Winslow Township?
4% of Winslow Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.4 points), against a typical 15% for a New Jersey town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 (10), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, 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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