Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery

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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery
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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery is located in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery
Location172 Garwin Road, Woolwich Township, New Jersey
Coordinates39°45′54″N 75°17′50″W / 39.76500°N 75.29722°W / 39.76500; -75.29722Coordinates: 39°45′54″N 75°17′50″W / 39.76500°N 75.29722°W / 39.76500; -75.29722
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1799
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.01000768[1]
NJRHP No.[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 25, 2001

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery is a historic church at 172 Garwin Road in Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

It was built in 1799 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It played an important role in the Underground Railroad in South Jersey.[3]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  3. ^ "Three major Underground Railroad routes were in South Jersey". 6 February 2011.


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