Some towns off of the line, like West Chester and areas south towards the Delaware border are very livable with considerable local and nearby employment, excellent schools and family amenities.
To the north, the suburbs of Hatboro, Warminster, and Doylestown along former Reading Railroad lines offer good residential values as well. Transportation services, both within the metro area and between Philly and other places, are generally excellent; the Philadelphia International Airport is less crowded than most and served well by discount carriers.
The economy is diverse. Although not known for steel production like many of its Pennsylvania neighbors, the area is a center for several industries, most notably the chemical industry and financial services.
Areas of New Jersey across the Susquehanna, particularly Camden, are mostly industrial. While employment has been fairly steady, future job-growth projections are low. Violent crime is high and summers can be uncomfortably warm and humid.
The outstanding cultural amenities, cost of living, and central East Coast location make Philly attractive and a good value overall,.
The downtown area is in a broad, flat valley. Rolling, hilly countryside stretches to the north and west. The Appalachian Mountains to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east moderate the otherwise continental climate. Weather is variable and extreme temperatures seldom last for more than 3 or 4 days.
In summer, high humidity can add discomfort to seasonably warm temperatures, while stagnant maritime air can engulf the area. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with maximum amounts in late summer as thunderstorms. Snowfall is more abundant in the northern suburbs, while precipitation may arrive as rain rather than snow within the city. Coastal storms produce heavy snowfalls every few years. Recent job growth is Positive. Peter Mott - An African-American farmer who provided refuge to escaping slaves during the year leading up to the Civil War.
Peter Mott settled in the free black community known as "Snow Hill" with his wife Elizabeth. In Snow Hill was renamed Lawnside which became the only antebellum, black community to become an incorporated municipality in the State of N. Oct 8 Owners prefer to build small homes outside of metro areas Oct 1. Recent posts about Lawnside, New Jersey on our local forum with over 2,, registered users.
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This borough: 4. Magnolia borough, NJ 0. Barrington borough, NJ 1. Ashland, NJ 1. Brookfield, NJ 1. Somerdale borough, NJ 1. Haddon Heights borough, NJ 1. Haddonfield borough, NJ 1. Here: Health care Professional, scientific, technical services 9. Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors 8. Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors 7.
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Average household size: This borough: 2. Percentage of family households: This borough: Percentage of households with unmarried partners: This borough: 6. Due to their efforts, the number of slaves in Camden County dropped by more than two-thirds between and , from to Seeking to foster mutual aid and collective security from the widespread threat of kidnapping and return to enslavement, freedmen sought protection by concentrating near Quaker allies in Camden County.
For example, people formerly enslaved by the Hugg family founded the community of Guinea Town in the area that later became Bellmawr in the late eighteenth century, and others founded the settlements of Davistown and Hickstown in Gloucester Township. Over time the free African American population of Camden County more than doubled between and , from an estimated to , and continued to grow to 1, by In old Union Township, where the original settlement that became Lawnside was located, 22 percent of the population was African American.
African American habitation in Lawnside dated to the eighteenth century. The majority of the residents served by these institutions were formerly enslaved people or their descendants. The original male inhabitants worked mostly as farmers and woodcutters, and some women earned income as domestic workers. In , a Quaker abolitionist and member of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee named Ralph Smith further advanced the prospects for settlement by purchasing land to convert into inexpensive lots for sale to African Americans.
A prominent African American barber, physician, dentist, and community leader from Philadelphia, Jacob C. White Sr. The community was first named Free Haven because it served as a stop and way station along multiple routes of the Underground Railroad.
By , the area had grown to support at least twenty-four buildings. Following the arrival of the Philadelphia and Atlantic Railroad later the Reading Railroad in , the name of the stop changed from Denton to Lawnton and finally Lawnside in Often attributed to the beautiful sloping lawn that adjoined the station, the name was adopted by the community to conform with the new rail stop.
Mount Peace Cemetery was established in to inter those who were excluded from white-only cemeteries. It serves as the final resting place for many African Americans freed from slavery and at least seventy-seven Civil War veterans, including Congressional Medal of Honor winner John Lawson. Jason Romisher. On March 24, , Lawnside was incorporated as an official borough in the state of New Jersey as part of the broader trend of municipal incorporation in Camden County. Located on unincorporated land in old Centre Township from to , Lawnside as well as other nearby communities felt the need to incorporate.
Lawnside resolved matters with Barrington by ceding acres of land along the Clements Bridge Road in exchange for a parcel that included the Mt. Peace Cemetery on the White Horse Pike. With Haddonfield, the issue concerned two parcels with high assessments inhabited by whites who did not want to be included in Lawnside because it was to be governed by African Americans.
These families sent their children to Delaware Township schools until , when this municipality began demanding tuition payments for the accommodation of these children. The Woodcrest residents refused to then send their children to the Lawnside elementary school and responded by burning crosses in Lawnside and then launching a failed bid for incorporation as an independent borough.
The situation was resolved only when these residents moved out of Lawnside. Volunteer firefighters, like the one pictured in this Works Progress Administration photograph, protected Lawnside even before the town was officially incorporated in
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