VINELAND

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VINELAND , a borough of Cumberland county, New

Jersey

JERSEY
JERSEY, EARLS OF

U.S.A., in the southern part of the state, about 34 M. S. 01 Philadelphia and about 115 m. S.W. of New

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

. Pop. (1890) 3822; (1900) 4370, including J90 foreign-born; (1905 state census) 4593; (1910) 5282. Area, r sq. In. It is served by the Central of New

Jersey

JERSEY
JERSEY, EARLS OF

and the West Jersey & Seashore railways, and by electric railway to Millville and Bridgeton. Vineland is situated at an altitude of qo1 8 ft. above the sea, on a
generally level or slightly undulating plain, and has unusually broad, straight and well-shaded streets. The borough maintains a public library, a public park of 40 acres, artesian water-works, a sewerage system and an electric lighting plant. It is the seat of the New Jersey Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys (1888), the State Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded Women (1888), and the State Home for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors,

Marines

MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

and their Wives. The Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society (organized in 1864) has a library (8000 volumes in 19o9) housed in the Society's building, and it maintains a free lecture course. Saloons for the sale of intoxicating liquors have never been allowed in Vineland. The surrounding country is largely de-voted to the growing of small fruits, grapes, peaches, pears and apples, and the raising of sweet potatoes; and within the borough are manufactured unfermented grape juice wine, boots and shoes, clothing, carpets, rugs, chenille curtains, pearl buttons, flint-glass tubes and bottles, and iron castings.
Vineland was founded in 1861 by Charles K. Landis (1835-1900), who conceived the idea of creating a

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

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

tract

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

he laid out a

village

VILLAGE

with small farms adjoining. The settlers, largely from New England and the Middle States, received the land at moderate prices on agreeing to make certain stipulated improvements. The township of Landis (pop. in 1910, 6435), named in honour of the founder of the

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

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

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