Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Suburb
- Metro Area
- Philadelphia/Camden
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
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| 2000 | 69965 | 59240 | 3121 | 6205 | 71 | 1778 | ||
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Method of Exclusion
- Unknown
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Email 1/2008 lponter@gmail.com
I lived in Cherry Hill before it was Cherry Hill:(1957-1975) We were one of the first Jewish families in what is now a predominantly Jewish town. Nobody cared about our religion other than the local Baptist minister. And he didn’t bother anyone. There were many Christian sub-groups. There were several sub-divisions that were “black.” It was a farming town, a rural area adjacent to Camden and the site of the “white flight” that occurred from that town in the late 60’s. The schools were integrated where they were close to the black neighborhoods but the others were all-white. My family members were part of the all-volunteer fire brigade. The sirens at all sub-stations were blown twice daily as a test. Any other suggestion is nonsense. Cherry Hill quickly integrated as Black people gained enough wealth to move into town. There is currently a “richer” side and a “poorer” side which creates some static. It is also interesting to note that there is a large Asian and Indian population, with many professionals. All have integrated with some ease.
Former Cherry Hill resident:
“In the early 1960s my family moved into a new subdivision in the township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Every day at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm a siren from the Ashland fire station sounded. New residents were never given much more of an explanation other than it was a tradition of that firehouse. At that time, the area was very segregated and located near the black town of Lawnside.”