Gouldtown

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Gouldtown

Total population

1,546

Median home value

$184,800

13.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$55,789

Gouldtown$56k

National$74k

Elevation25 m

Land area7.32 km²

Weather84°F · Sunny

Coordinates39.42°, -75.19°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gouldtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Gouldtown had a population of 1,601. It is in the northwestern part of the county, in the northeast part of Fairfield Township, and it is bordered to the west by the city of Bridgeton, the county seat. New Jersey Route 49 runs through the community, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Millville and west through Bridgeton 19 miles (31 km) to Salem.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Gouldtown, NJ from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Elias Petty Seeley

American politician (1791-1846)

Lester Russell Brown

American environmental analyst

Frank LoBiondo

American politician

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson

British neurologist (1878–1937)

Benjamin Franklin Howell

American politician (1844-1933)

Ephraim Bateman

American politician (1780-1829)

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James G. Hampton

American politician (1814-1861)

John T. Nixon

American politician (1820–1889)

Lucius Elmer

American politician (1793–1883)

William Ruschenberger

United States Navy officer and naturalist (1807-1895)

Al McCoy

American boxer (1894-1966)

Helen Gandy

American civil servant (1897–1988)

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Shana Williams

American athlete

J

Joseph Spencer Kennard

American writer and essayist (1859-1944)

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Aharon Wasserman

businessperson

B

Braheme Days

American shot putter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Jersey

• Bridgeton
  2.2 mi away · pop. 27,001
• Sunset Lake
  3.5 mi away
• Carlls Corner
  3.6 mi away · pop. 868
• Lakeside-Beebe Run
  4 mi away
• West Park
  4.2 mi away
• Silver Lake
  4.5 mi away
• Dutch Neck
  4.8 mi away · pop. 96
• Rosenhayn
  5.2 mi away
• Seeley
  5.4 mi away
• Seabrook Farms
  6.1 mi away
• Shiloh
  6.3 mi away
• Sheppards Mill
  6.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gouldtown

Gouldtown, a Very Remarkable Settlement of Ancient Date

Theophilus Gould Steward · 1913

Gouldtown, a very remarkable settlement of ancient date

William Steward · 1913

Gouldtown, 1760-1960

Sherman L. Ricards · 2013

Gouldtown very remarkable settlement of ancient date, studies of some sturdy examples of the simple life, together with sketches of early colonial history of Cumberland County and Southern New Jersey and some early genealogical records

William Steward · 1931

Parallel communities

Dennis C. Rizzo · 2008

Search results from Open Library.