Place:Penns Grove, Salem, New Jersey, United States

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NamePenns Grove
Alt namesPenn Grovesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34005337
TypeBorough
Coordinates39.728°N 75.468°W
Located inSalem, New Jersey, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Penns Grove is a borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,147,[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 261 (+5.3%) from the 4,886 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 342 (-6.5%) from the 5,228 counted in the 1990 Census.

Penns Grove was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1894, from portions of Upper Penns Neck Township (now Carneys Point Township), based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.

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