Gouldtown, New Jersey
Gouldtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the northwestern part of the county, in the northeast part of Fairfield Township, and it is bordered to the west by the city of Bridgeton, the county seat. New Jersey Route 49 runs through the community, leading east to Millville and west through Bridgeton to Salem.
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,601.Gouldtown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
History
Monroe Work catalogued it among "Negro" communities in his Negro Yearbook series.Gouldtown was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1818, current building constructed in 1860, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Education
Students are zoned to Fairfield Township School District and Cumberland Regional School District.Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gouldtown include:- Harold Gould, baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League.
- Theophilus Gould Steward, U.S. Army chaplain, Buffalo Soldier, organizer of A.M.E. congregations in South Carolina and Georgia