Millville is in extreme length N. and S. 16 miles; B. and W. 15;
and is bounded NE. by parts of Atlantic and Gloucester counties;
southerly by Maurice river, and Downe; and westerly by
Fairfield, Deerfield, and Pittsgrove, Salem co. The township
contains 5 stores, 5 glass-houses, 5 grist-m., 9 saw-m.; cap. in
manufac. $183,920 ; 5 schools, Pop. MillviIle is at the head of
tide, and principally on the B. bank of Maurice river, 20 miles
from its mouth, and 11 E. of Bridgeton. The village and vicinity
consists of about 150 dwellings, and 1 Baptist, 1 Methodist, and
1 Presbyterian church. The land on which it stands was purchased
about the year 1796, by Joseph Buck, Ezekiel Foster, Robert
Smith, and Eli Elmer, by whom improvements were commenced.
Previous to this period it was known as the Maurice River
bridge; a tavern having been here a greater part of a century.
At that period rattlesnakes abounded on the margin of the river,
but now have disappeared. The Methodist church, the oldest in
the village, was built