Clarksboro, New Jersey

Place in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States

Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States

39°47′59″N 75°13′26″W / 39.79972°N 75.22389°W / 39.79972; -75.22389Country

United StatesState

New JerseyCounty Gloucester Township East GreenwichElevation

62 ft (19 m)ZIP code

08020

GNIS feature ID0875467^[1]

Clarksboro is an unincorporated community and historic area located in the municipality of East Greenwich Township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[2]

Education

East Greenwich Township School District serves grades K-6 with students in 7-12 served by Kingsway Regional School District.

Guardian Angels Regional School is a K-8 school that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.^[3] Its PreK-3 campus is in Gibbstown while its 4-8 campus is in Paulsboro.^[4]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from East Greenwich Township, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Clarksboro include:

Danielson (1995–present), family indie rock band^[5]
Rachel Davis DuBois (1892–1993), educator, human rights activist and pioneer of intercultural education.^[6]
George Gill Green (1842–1925), patent medicine manufacturer^[7]
Amos J. Peaslee (1887–1969), politician, military official, author, and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Australia^[8]
Hardy Richardson (1855-1931), Major League Baseball player^[9]

Points of interest

References

^ "Clarksboro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
^ Schools, South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 21, 2023.
^ Contact Information, Guardian Angels Regional School. Accessed February 22, 2023.
^ Schwabsky, Barry. "Music; Being Weird Is Not a Bar To Promoting Christianity", The New York Times, April 16, 2000. Accessed April 28, 2015. "So it was no small compliment when Richard Gehr, a writer for the music magazine Spin, declared a band, the Danielson Famile, based in tiny Clarksboro, 'the most joyously eccentric group of performers to ascend the New Jersey Turnpike since Sun Ra's Arkestra.'"
^ Lambert, Bruce. "Rachel D. DuBois, 101, Educator Who Promoted Value of Diversity", The New York Times, April 1, 1993. Accessed December 26, 2022. "A native of Clarksboro, N.J., she graduated from Bucknell University and received a doctorate at Columbia."
^ "The opera house built on medicine: Woodbury's G.G. Green Block ", Hidden New Jersey, December 14, 2012. Accessed April 28, 2015. "Born in nearby Clarksboro, George Gill Green left the University of Pennsylvania medical school in 1864 to fight in the Civil War with the 142nd Illinois Regiment."
^ "Amos J. Peaslee, Ex-Envoy, Is Dead; Lawyer Served Eisenhower in Australia and in Capital", The New York Times, August 30, 1969. Accessed May 1, 2020. "Mr. Peaslee was born in Clarksboro on March 24, 1887."
^ Hardy Richardson Stats, Baseball Almanac. Accessed April 28, 2015. "Hardy Richardson was born on Saturday, April 21, 1855, in Clarksboro, New Jersey."