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Good Intent, New Jersey
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyGloucester
TownshipDeptford
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID876664[1]

Good Intent is an unincorporated community located within Deptford Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.[1]

The settlement is located along a tributary of Big Timber Creek.

History

An early settler, George Ward, purchased 250 acres (100 ha) of land at Good Intent in 1701 and erected small mills.[2]

A cloth mill was erected in 1829. The three-story building was destroyed by fire in 1840, but was soon rebuilt. About eight years later it burned down again, and was again rebuilt.[2]

A mail stage coach began service in 1834 "to leave Good Intent every morning, Sundays excepted".[2]: 449 

In 1836, a factory was established at Good Intent which manufactured handles for pitch forks and shovels. The raw lumber was brought in on scows, and the finished product was transported to Philadelphia.[2]

The Good Intent Church was noted to exist during the 1840s.[2]

An improved road to Good Intent was built from Williamstown (then called "Squankum") in 1853.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Intent
  2. ^ a b c d e Prowell, George Reeser (1886). The History of Camden County, New Jersey. L. J. Richards. pp. 449, 681, 683, 684, 691.
  3. ^ Proceedings, Constitution, By-laws, List of Members, &c., of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey. With Historical and Biographical Sketches Relating to New Jersey. S. Chew. 1880. p. 103.