Gloucester County (Gloucester County)
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The county's largest city by population was Washington Township which had a population of 48,677 in 2020, while the largest municipality by area was Franklin Township, which covered 56.39 sqmi.
The county is part of the Camden, New Jersey metropolitan division of both the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan statistical area, and the Delaware Valley combined statistical area.
Gloucester County borders Philadelphia, the nation's sixth most populous city, to its northwest, and is 52 mi northwest of Atlantic City. The county is part of South Jersey region of the state. Gloucester County, along with adjacent Salem County, also in South Jersey, have become an East Coast epicenter for logistics and warehouse construction.
The county is named after the city of Gloucester and county of Gloucestershire in England. Woodbury, the county seat, was founded in 1683 and is the county's oldest municipality. National Park in Gloucester County was the site of the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Red Bank, where Fort Mercer once stood. It is now the site of Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park. The remains of the Royal Navy's HMS Augusta (1763) were laid in Red Bank Battlefield Park until they were later moved to Gloucester City.
During the colonial era, Gloucester County's main industry sector was agriculture. Woodbury was the site of the county courthouse, the county jail, a Quaker meeting house that is still in existence, and an inn located on the current location of Woodbury Crossings. Due in part to the county's many creeks that lead to the Delaware River and Atlantic Ocean, smuggling was once common in the county.
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