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Welcome to
Mount Laurel, New Jersey -
We hope that this web site will help you find out a little more
about Mount Laurel. - Because we are Realtors, we hope that
you will call us to help you find or sell your home in Mount
Laurel.
History - Mount Laurel Township was incorporated just 114
years ago, with the signing of an act of the NJ legislature
officially recognizing the town's secession from Evesham. But in
that relatively short time, the town has succeeded in establishing
an identity of its own.
Mount Laurel grew around the town of
Centerton, located on the left bank of the Rancocas Creek.
Centerton, near where exit 43 from Interstate 295 now lies. Mount
Laurel was named by the school teacher Hannah Gillingham for the
Laurel found in the hills. Previously it was known as Mount Pray,
Evans Mound and Evesham Mount. Mount laurel was accepted in the
mid1800's when the local post office assumed the name, Mount
Laurel.
In time, more hamlets sprang up in Mount
Laurel.
Masonville was the site of an iron
foundry, a tiny schoolhouse, the Methodist Episcopal Church and a
post office; Centerton had the Rancocas Chemical Works,
established in 1870, a lumberyard and a tavern; Hartford featured
a telegraph office and a schoolhouse; and Colemantown was the site
of little more than a dozen homes.
Notable in Mount laurels colorful
history is the story of General Henry Clinton, the British
commander of forces in America, who, days before taking the Third,
Fourth and Fifth Brigades to fight the Battle of Monmouth, made
his base in a two-story farmhouse that still lies on Mount Laurel-Evesboro
Road. Half of of Clintons force stayed with the General in Mount
Laurel, the other half camping in nearby Moorestown.
During Clinton's stay, June 18-20, 1778, many
local families saw their homes plundered by the Hessians, British
mercenary soldiers. Yet many more of Clinton's troops, aware of
the pursuit of George Washington and perhaps anticipating British
defeat at Monmouth, chose that week to desert. Some of their
descendants remain to this day in Mount laurel and it's
neighboring towns.
More about the history of Mount
Laurel can be found
at the following links:
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site, we invite you to visit our main site http://www.HouseJeanie.com
for more information.
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 The
Present:
Mount Laurel is a thriving and vital part of the
Philadelphia suburban community. Modern office and corporate
centers, convenient shopping plazas and some of the area's
finest residential communities make Mount Laurel a great place
to live.
SPECIAL TIP:
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Jean Erickson,
ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES
Broker/Associate
Lamon
Associates
700 Route 130 North
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
Office:
(856) 829-8090
Home Office: (856) 424-3853
Mailto:Jean@HouseJeanie.com
Cell Phone
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ABR - Accredited
Buyer Representative
CRS - Certified Residential Specialist
GRI - Graduate Real Estate Institute
SRES - Seniors Real Estate Specialist
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