Fostertown
Fostertown is an unincorporated community located within Lumberton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The site was founded in 1735 by William Foster, who established a plantation on modern-day West Bella Bridge Road.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Lumberton Township, New Jersey, United States of America
- Also known as: “Forster Town” and “Fostertown, New Jersey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flying W Airport and South Jersey Regional Airport.
Flying W Airport
Aerodrome
Flying W Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Lumberton, New Jersey in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
South Jersey Regional Airport
Aerodrome
South Jersey Regional Airport is a public use airport in Lumberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Owned by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the airport is located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Mount Holly, New Jersey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eayrestown and Lumberton.
Eayrestown
Hamlet
Eayrestown is an unincorporated community located within Lumberton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The settlement is named for Richard and Elizabeth Eayres, the first settlers of the site in the 1600s.
Lumberton
Town
Lumberton is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Lumberton is situated 1½ miles north of Fostertown.
Crossroads
Hamlet
Medford is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,497, an increase of 1,464 from the 2010 census count of 23,033, which in turn reflected an increase of 780 from the 22,253 counted in the 2000 census. Crossroads is situated 2 miles south of Fostertown.
Fostertown
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Lumberton Township, Burlington County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.94289° or 39° 56′ 34″ north
Longitude
-74.81739° or 74° 49′ 3″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
87F7W5VM+52
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Fostertown” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福斯特敦 (新澤西州)”
- Chinese: “福斯特敦”
- French: “Fostertown”
- Irish: “Fostertown”
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