Florence Township
View Map Located along the Delaware River on the northern boundary of Burlington County, Florence Township is one of the county’s smallest townships, with an area of 9.65 square miles. Created in 1872, the township was originally part of Mansfield Township. Florence is also the name of the original settlement. Roebling, a former company town […]
Francis Hopkinson House, Bordentown City
101 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, NJ | View Map This handsome Georgian style mansion was the Bordentown home of the illustrious Hopkinson family. It is designated as a National Historic Landmark, but is still privately owned. The first Hopkinson to live here was American statesman and man of letters, Francis Hopkinson. Born in Philadelphia, Francis Hopkinson […]
Mansfield Township
Created in 1688, Mansfield Township is one of the original townships in Burlington County. The township was incorporated by the state in 1798 and until the mid 1800s encompassed Fieldsboro, Bordentown and Florence townships. Mansfield is bordered on the west by the Delaware River. It now contains slightly more than twenty-three square miles of mostly […]