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VINELAND , a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

Cumberland See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

Jersey U.S.A., in the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, about 34 M. S. 01 See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia and about 115 m. S.W. of New See also:

York. Pop. (1890) 3822; (1900) 4370, including J90 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1905 state See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 4593; (1910) 5282. See also:

AREA

Area, r sq. In. It is served by the Central of New Jersey and the See also:

West Jersey & Seashore See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by electric railway to See also:

MILLVILLE

Millville and See also:

BRIDGETON

Bridgeton. Vineland is situated at an See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of qo–1 8 ft. above the See also:

sea, on a generally level or slightly undulating See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, and has unusually broad, straight and well-shaded streets. The borough maintains a public library, a public See also:

park of 40 acres, artesian See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

works, a See also:

SEWERAGE

sewerage See also:

SYSTEM

system and an electric See also:

LIGHTING

lighting plant. It is the seat of the New Jersey Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys (1888), the State See also:

Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded See also:

WOMEN

Women (1888), and the State Home for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors, See also:

MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

Marines and their Wives.

The Vineland See also:

HISTORICAL

Historical and Antiquarian Society (organized in 1864) has a library (8000 volumes in 19o9) housed in the Society's See also:

BUILDING

building, and it maintains a See also:

FREE

free lecture course. Saloons for the See also:

sale of intoxicating liquors have never been allowed in Vineland. The surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is largely de-voted to the growing of small fruits, grapes, peaches, See also:

PEARS

pears and apples, and the raising of sweet potatoes; and within the borough are manufactured unfermented See also:

GRAPE

grape juice See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, boots and shoes, clothing, carpets, rugs, See also:

CHENILLE (from the Fr. chenille, a hairy caterpillar)

chenille curtains, See also:

pearl buttons, See also:

flint-See also:

glass tubes and bottles, and See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron castings. Vineland was founded in 1861 by See also:

Charles K. Landis (1835-1900), who conceived the See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of creating a See also:

settlement in the almost uninhabited " Pines " of Southern New Jersey; and after purchasing a large See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract he laid out a See also:

VILLAGE

village with small farms adjoining. The settlers, largely from New See also:

England and the See also:

MIDDLE

Middle States, received the See also:

LAND

land at moderate prices on agreeing to make certain stipulated improvements. The township of Landis (pop. in 1910, 6435), named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the founder of the settlement, was incorporated in 1864, having formerly been a part of Millville; from it Vineland was separated and was incorporated as a borough in 1880. See The Founder's Own See also:

Story of the See also:

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

Founding of Vineland (Vineland, 1903), a pamphlet published by the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society.

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