Cherry Hill A Brief History

Cherry Hill A Brief History Tour old Cherry Hill with Mike Mathis and Lisa Mangiafico. Unless noted, photos belong to Cherry Hill Historical Commission.

Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is known today for its shopping centers and residential neighborhoods. This tight-knit community, founded in the 1600s by English followers of William Penn, began as a collection of hardworking farm families and early American Patriots. The town played an important role as the “crossroads of the American Revolution” and bravely fought to help southern slaves to freedom usi

ng the Underground
Railroad. Townspeople persevered through the turbulent and trying times of the early twentieth century, eventually to triumph in building the haven from the hustle and bustle of Philadelphia that it is today. From its agrarian roots to the excitement of the Garden State Park racetrack, join authors Mike Mathis and Lisa Mangiafico as they take you through an illustrated,
imaginative tour of Cherry Hill’s past and present. Proceeds benefit the Cherry Hill Historical Commission.

Wondering if anyone could help identify these aerial photos from the Cherry Hill area
05/06/2026

Wondering if anyone could help identify these aerial photos from the Cherry Hill area

02/06/2026
Church and Haddonfield roads.
01/11/2026

Church and Haddonfield roads.

01/11/2026
12/08/2025

Old Orchard Development, Cherry Hill, 1965

1) Old Orchard Road
2) Lamp Post
3) Thornhill Loop
4) Future home of Beck School
5) Sharp School
6) Old Marlton Pike

Ever wonder which roads in your neighborhood were laid out first? I grew up in Old Orchard so this is fascinating to me.

I would have thought Old Orchard Road could have been completed before Lamp Post but that is obviously not the case.

The first few houses on Thornhill Road have been built and Thornhill has been laid out, but Latches, Tunbridge and Ramgate are not yet present. (I'm actually impressed I remember those three streets without having to look them up.)

While it looks fine on the overhead, I have always hated the intersection of East and West Split Rock.

Odd that there are a few houses built to completion on East Split Rock and West Eagle, not not East Eagle or West Split Rock.

And what is that single house doing there by itself on Candlewyck?

Evans Lane, Highgate and Windgate are there as well, surrounded by nothing but trees.

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