Office of the Council of Proprietors and the Surveyor General

Office of the Council of Proprietors and the Surveyor General (HMMMZ)

Location: Burlington, NJ 08016 Burlington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 4.645', W 74° 51.602'

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Western Division of New Jersey

Founded at London in 1675 by William Penn and Quaker trustees, the proprietors of West Jersey sold shares in land that resulted in rapid development of Burlington starting in 1677.
The council was formed in 1688 to manage the growing demand for land in West Jersey, and has met annually in May since that time.
This 1911 brick building replaced a nearby old wooden building. It is within the Burlington Historic District and is listed as a contributing building on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
In 1676 William Penn and the Quaker trustees published the Concessions and Agreements that guaranteed freedoms and rights to West Jersey emigrants and became the inspiration to our founding fathers a century later.
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Date Added Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 12:40pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 511934 N 4436359
Decimal Degrees40.07741667, -74.86003333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 4.645', W 74° 51.602'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 4' 38.70" N, 74° 51' 36.12" W
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Area Code(s)609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 39 W Broad St, Burlington NJ 08016, US
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