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Nesco, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Nesco is located in Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Location within Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County within New Jersey.
Nesco is located in New Jersey
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Nesco is located in the United States
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Nesco (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°38′17″N 74°41′48″W / 39.63806°N 74.69667°W / 39.63806; -74.69667
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyAtlantic
TownshipMullica
Elevation
[1]
14 m (46 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID878708[1]

Nesco (also called New Columbia) is an unincorporated community in Mullica Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.[2][1][3]

Nesco is located approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Hammonton.

The New Columbia-Nesco United Methodist Church is located there.[4] The Nesco School is located west of the settlement.[5]

History

A historic plaque is located at the Indian Cabin Mill Inn in Nesco, where fugitive Joe Mulliner—the "Robin Hood of the Pines"—surrendered to authorities. Mulliner had settled in nearby Pleasant Mills, but was forced to flee after remaining loyal to England in the Revolutionary War. Mulliner and 40 others formed a gang and hid on an island in the nearby Mullica River, from where they launched criminal attacks. The gang would rob local residents, but were noted for their lack of violence and for not robbing the poor. Following Mulliner's capture at the Indian Cabin Mill Inn, he was tried in Burlington in 1781, and then hanged.[6]

A glass manufacturing plant opened in New Columbia in 1845.[7]

In the 1880 census, the population of New Columbia was 96.[8]

New Columbia had a post office by 1892.[9]

The settlement's name changed to "Nesco" in 1897.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nesco
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Nesco, Mullica Township, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Columbia-Nesco United Methodist Church
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nesco School
  6. ^ Launay, Michael (August 2, 2014). "Weird NJ: Joe Mulliner, the Robin Hood of the Pines". app.com.
  7. ^ Riley, Karen F. (2010). The Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Arcadia. p. 30. ISBN 9780738573502.
  8. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1884. p. 75.
  9. ^ Official Register of the United States. United States Department of the Interior. 1892. p. 664.
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