Raum, John O. The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1, p. 270, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 27, 2013. "Hopewell contained a population in 1850 of 1,480; in 1860, 1,757; and in 1870, 1,857. Rosetown and Shiloh, are in this township, though part of the latter is in Stoe Creek township."
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 127, p. 271. Accessed August 14, 2022. "Bloomfield H. Minch. (Rep., Bridgeton.) Senator Minch was born in Hopewell township, near Bridgeton, N. J., October 10, 1864."
Board of Education, Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed May 2, 2024. "The Cumberland Regional School District is led by a nine-member Board of Education representing Cumberland Regional High School's constituent district municipalities: Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township, and Upper Deerfield Township."
Board of County Commissioners, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2023. "By law, Cumberland County is allowed 7 County Commissioners, who serve staggered, overlapping three-year terms. Two are elected in two successive years, three in the third year, elected from the county at-large, for three-year, overlapping terms. A Director of the Board is selected by their colleagues for a one-year term. Each County Commissioner is charged with responsibility for one or more of the county's seven departments."
Mayor & Township Committee, Hopewell Township. Accessed August 28, 2023. "The Township Committee is the governing body of the Township. The committee consists of five (5) members, all of which are elected by the voters of the Township. At the annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee votes to select one of its members to serve as Chair of the Township Committee and Mayor and another to serve as Vice Chairman and Deputy Mayor."
Taniguchi, Lauren T. "Shiloh seeks voice on Hopewell Board of Education", South Jersey Times, February 15, 2011. Accessed September 7, 2014. "Shiloh students in kindergarten through eighth grade have attended Hopewell Crest School since Shiloh School was closed in 2006. Hopewell Crest's combined student population of approximately 530 students, at the board's estimate on Monday, currently includes 49 students from Shiloh."
Cumberland Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 27, 2020. "The Cumberland Regional School District, located in Western Cumberland County, provides students with a comprehensive learning environment in a nurturing and personalized setting. The district serves students in grades 9-12 who reside in the municipalities of Deerfield, Fairfield, Greenwich & Stow Creek, Hopewell & Shiloh, and Upper Deerfield."
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Cumberland Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 10, 2024. "The Cumberland Regional Board of Education is a Type II district located in the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades 9-12."
Woodruff, H. Boyd Interview, Rutgers University. Accessed February 4, 2017. "HBW: Well, my father was Harold E. Woodruff and he came from southern New Jersey, Hopewell Township, just outside Bridgeton, New Jersey.... At that time, [in] Hopewell Township, all their schools but one were two-room schools, which covered the whole eight grades, but, in Buffalo and in Florida, they had two school years.... Then, students from Hopewell Township went to Bridgeton High School."
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Shott, Meghan. "Cumberland Regional High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Cumberland Regional High School, located in the northwest part of Cumberland County, serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township."
Bertram, Mike. "The Bottling Plant At Colonial Springs", Tredyffrin Easttown History Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 3. Accessed August 28, 2023. "Charles Elmer Hires was born on August 19, 1851, on his family’s farm outside of Roadstown, New Jersey."
Walsh, Daniel. "Shiloh School to close for good", Press of Atlantic City, November 30, 2006. Accessed September 7, 2014. "Shiloh's school board voted to send all of the borough's students to Hopewell Township next year as part of a one-year interlocal agreement."
