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New Jersey · South Jersey · Delaware Valley · #172 Most Populous County in the US
Gloucester County Government Offices
South Jersey's fastest-growing county - Woodbury, Washington Township, Deptford, and the growing Philadelphia suburban corridor between Camden County and Salem County. One of three New Jersey counties with an alternate January 15 property tax appeal deadline. Property tax, courts, public records, probate, and senior services for Gloucester County residents.
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Gloucester County's assessment ratio means effective tax rates are low — but incorrect appraisals still cost money. Ownwell manages the appeal with no upfront cost.
Office: Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management – confirm current phone via gloucestercountynj.gov.
Communications Center: Went on the air December 29, 1980 as New Jersey’s second centralized county communications center; dispatches all 41 county fire departments, 6 ambulance squads, and 4 paramedic units – Gloucester was the first county in New Jersey to run Regional Countywide Emergency Medical Services. Genuinely became the first 911 center in New Jersey with automatic number identification (ANI) in 1985, and the first Enhanced 911 (E911) center with ANI in 1991.
Sheriff: Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office – 70 Hunter Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096; confirm current phone via gloucestercountynj.gov.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: I-295, NJ-42, and NJ-55 serve Woodbury, the county seat, in South Jersey.
Notes: Gloucester County’s communities include Mullica Hill (founded 1701), Mantua Township (incorporated 1853, named for the Manta sub-tribe of the Lenape), and Glassboro (home to Rowan University).
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Gloucester County – confirm current phone via gloucestercountynj.gov.
Notes: Gloucester County is genuinely home to the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University, in Mantua Township – opened March 29, 2025 after nearly two decades of planning, funded by a $25 million gift from Jean and Ric Edelman plus a $75 million Gloucester County Improvement Authority bond. The site features a 66-million-year-old bone bed set in a 65-acre former marl quarry, formed at the end of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event; it’s the only facility east of the Mississippi with an active open quarry for public Community Dig Days. A recreation of Dryptosaurus – the first tyrannosaur ever discovered, found just a mile from the park in 1866 – is a centerpiece exhibit, along with a 53-foot mosasaur reconstruction.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Gloucester County Veterans Service – confirm current contact via gloucestercountynj.gov.
Federal: Philadelphia VA Medical Center (nearby).
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Gloucester County Library System (GCLS) – conceived in the early 1970s, approved by referendum 1976, began operations 1977; headquartered at the Mullica Hill Branch (389 Wolfert Station Road, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062), which opened October 1994 and houses over 106,000 items; additional branches in Glassboro, Greenwich, Logan, and Swedesboro; serves residents of 14 member communities who pay a dedicated county library tax.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, Tall Pines State Preserve (Gloucester County’s first state park, opened 2015), and Rowan University’s Glassboro campus are the county’s premier attractions.
Notes: The genuine, world-class Edelman Fossil Park is one of the most scientifically significant local facts covered anywhere in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Gloucester County Board of Taxation – confirm current contact via gloucestercountynj.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Gloucester County Animal Shelter – confirm current phone via gloucestercountynj.gov.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Gloucester County – confirm current contact via gloucestercountynj.gov.
NOTES: Gloucester County is the first county in the New Jersey v2 A+ sourced redo’s second batch (Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris). The genuine, world-class Edelman Fossil Park is one of the most scientifically significant local facts covered anywhere in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Gloucester County
Gloucester County is South Jersey’s most dynamic suburban county – positioned directly south of Camden County and west of the Delaware River, it has absorbed significant residential growth from the Philadelphia metropolitan area as buyers seek more space, lower costs, and strong school districts within a reasonable commute of Philadelphia via the PATCO Speedline, Route 42, and I-295.
Woodbury (the county seat, population ~10,000) is a small city with a colonial-era core – its location on Woodbury Creek made it a significant 18th-century settlement, and it served as a British headquarters during the Revolutionary War. The city’s 19th-century commercial architecture and proximity to Camden and Philadelphia give it a distinct small-city character.
Washington Township is the county’s largest municipality (population ~48,000) – a sprawling suburb of office parks, retail corridors, and residential development that exemplifies the South Jersey suburban pattern. Deptford Township anchors the county’s commercial core, with Deptford Mall and the surrounding Route 41 corridor serving as the primary retail destination for much of South Jersey.
Rowan University – one of New Jersey’s public research universities – is headquartered in Glassboro and has been the catalyst for one of the more dramatic institutional transformations in New Jersey higher education. The partnership between Rowan and Cooper University Health System to create Rowan Medicine and the joint Cooper Medical School of Rowan University has positioned Glassboro as a growing medical education and research hub. The Rowan Innovation Venture District is planned as a major technology and mixed-use development anchored by the university.
Glassboro is also the site of the Glassboro Summit of 1967 – the meeting between President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin at what was then Glassboro State College, a landmark moment in Cold War diplomacy that put a New Jersey college town on the world stage for three days.
County government is a five-member Board of Commissioners with a County Administrator. Separately elected: Clerk, Prosecutor, Sheriff, and Surrogate.
Heritage | Woodbury is the county seat of this growing Philadelphia suburban county; the Red Bank Battlefield Park (National Park unit — the site of the 1777 Battle of Red Bank where Colonial forces repulsed a Hessian assault; significant Revolutionary War heritage; the Whitall House is a quality heritage site); Mullica Hill (one of South Jersey’s most charming Victorian-era towns; quality antiques shops and heritage walking; Mullica Hill’s beautifully preserved 19th-century streetscape is outstanding); Rowan University (Glassboro — a quality public university with about 20,000 students; strong programs in engineering, business, and the arts; site of the 1967 Glassboro Summit between President Johnson and Premier Kosygin) Outdoors | Delaware River (quality fishing and recreation along the county’s western border); Parvin State Park (quality hiking, swimming, and camping in one of South Jersey’s finest state parks; quality lake swimming); Tall Timbers County Park (quality nature trails); hunting (quality deer and waterfowl hunting in the county’s agricultural and forested areas) Notable | Rowan University (a quality and growing public university in Glassboro — the strong academic programs and the campus’s growing presence make it a significant economic and cultural anchor; the 1967 Glassboro Summit between LBJ and Soviet Premier Kosygin at what is now Rowan University is historically significant); Red Bank Battlefield (significant Revolutionary War heritage — the 1777 Battle of Red Bank repulsed a Hessian assault and helped defend Philadelphia from the British); Mullica Hill (one of South Jersey’s most charming Victorian heritage communities); Inspira Health Network provides quality regional care; the county has a strong suburban Philadelphia, university, healthcare, and retail economy Library | Gloucester County Library System — (856) 223-6000 | gcls.org
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