Cherry Hill New Jersey

Long before shopping centers and housing communities were developed in Cherry Hill, farmers earned their livelihood working the rich soil that stretched between the Cooper River and Pennsauken Creek. Small hamlets such as Ellisburg, Colestown, and Batesville contained thriving businesses. A real estate boom triggered by the opening of the Delaware River Bridge (now the Ben Franklin Bridge) and the end of World War II led to the development of the townshipÆs first suburban neighborhoods. New homes, hotels, nightclubs, corporate parks, and one of the nationÆs first shopping malls appeared where tomatoes, peaches, and corn had grown just a few years earlier.Mathis, Mike is the author of 'Cherry Hill New Jersey' with ISBN 9780738501932 and ISBN 073850193X.