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Churchtown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°40′19″N 75°30′36″W / 39.67194°N 75.51000°W / 39.67194; -75.51000
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Salem
Township	Pennsville
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)
GNIS feature ID	875439

Churchtown, historically known as Penns Neck, is an unincorporated community located north of Pennsville in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey. St. George's Episcopal Church was started here in 1714 by Swedish and Finnish settlers as a Lutheran church.

• St. George's, Penns Neck, N.J.
  Illustration from 1903

See also

• Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey) – Swedish Lutheran church at Raccoon

References

1. ^ "Churchtown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior., Variant name: Penns Neck
2. "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
3. "St. George's Episcopal Church: Our History". St. George's Episcopal Church.
4. Greenagel, Frank L. (2001). "Saint George's Episcopal Church, Churchtown, Salem County". The New Jersey Churchscape. the Swedish and nearby Finnish settlers organized a Lutheran church here in 1714

External links

• Johnson, Amandus (1938). The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786. OCLC 866217276. Raccoon Creek is now Swedesboro and Penns Neck is now Churchtown

v t e Municipalities and communities of Salem County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Salem
City	Salem
Boroughs	Elmer Penns Grove Woodstown
Townships	Alloway Carneys Point Elsinboro Lower Alloways Creek Mannington Oldmans Pennsville Pilesgrove Pittsgrove Quinton Upper Pittsgrove
CDPs	Alloway Auburn Carneys Point Hancocks Bridge Olivet Pedricktown Pennsville Quinton
Other unincorporated communities	Aldine Brotmanville Centerton Churchtown Daretown Deepwater Friendship Friesburg Marshalltown Monroeville Norma Penton Whig Lane
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