Pennsville Township Historical Society

Pennsville Township

In order to tell you about the Township of Pennsville we must travel back  to 1638 when the New Sweden Company financed a group of Swedes and Finns to travel to the New World to establish a colony for trade with the Indians and learn about the land. These early settlers traveled up the Delaware River where they entered the Christina River and settled at a natural rock landing area where they built a fort and named it Fort Christina after Queen Christina of Sweden. Today we know this area as Wilmington, Delaware.

A group of the Swedes and Finns migrated across the Delaware River into New Jersey, where they found the area more suited to farming for those who were not interested in the trade business. These settlers established the first settlement in Salem County. Records of land purchases by Swedes and Finns date back to 1660.

Museum Hours:

Open Sundays and Wednesdays  1 to 3 pm

Groups are welcome. Call 856-678-4453 for information.

What's  New

• Our annual dinner was a success at the Pennsville FOP. We raised more than $1,000 from the event!
• History Room

Key Milestones

• We have over 250 members
• We are in the process of archiving our belongings into a computer database for easy searching.
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