Good Intent, New Jersey
Populated place in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
39°48′15″N 75°04′40″W / 39.80417°N 75.07778°W / 39.80417; -75.07778
United States
New JerseyGood Intent is an unincorporated community located in Deptford Township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2]
The community is located along a tributary of Big Timber Creek.
History
An early settler, George Ward, purchased 250 acres (100 ha) of land at Good Intent in 1701 and erected small mills.[3]
A cloth mill was erected in 1829. The three-story building was destroyed by fire in 1840, but was soon rebuilt. About eight years later it burned down again, and was again rebuilt.[3] A mail stage coach began service in 1834 "to leave Good Intent every morning, Sundays excepted".[3]: 449
In 1836, a factory was established at Good Intent which manufactured handles for pitch forks and shovels. The raw lumber was brought in on scows, and the finished product was transported to Philadelphia.[3]
The Good Intent Church was noted to exist during the 1840s.[3]
An improved road to Good Intent was built from Williamstown (then called "Squankum") in 1853.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Intent
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Prowell, George Reeser (1886). The History of Camden County, New Jersey. L. J. Richards. pp. 449, 681, 683, 684, 691.
- ^ Proceedings, Constitution, By-laws, List of Members, &c., of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey. With Historical and Biographical Sketches Relating to New Jersey. S. Chew. 1880. p. 103.
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