Place:Bridgeport, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States

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NameBridgeport
Alt namesNew Stockholmsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34000757
Raccoon Lower Bridgesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34000757
TypeCommunity
Coordinates39.8°N 75.333°W
Located inGloucester, New Jersey, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Bridgeport is an unincorporated community located within Logan Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08014.[1]

At the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08014 was 504.

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Bridgeport, along with Swedesboro (Sveaborg) and Finns Point (Varkens Kill), was one of only three settlements established in New Jersey as a part of the New Sweden colony, the fort at Nya Elfsborg having been abandoned. The settlement was founded around 1650, and originally called Nya Stockholm, "New Stockholm", but the name was changed at a later date.[2]

After the 2001 anthrax attacks, a facility was set up in Bridgeport for the use of a continuous wave accelerator called a Rhodotron, from the Belgian company IBA, to irradiate federal mail.

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