Churchtown, New Jersey

{{Short description|Populated place in Salem County, New Jersey, US}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Salem

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|subdivision_name3 = Pennsville

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|blank_info = 875439 {{cite gnis|875439|Churchtown}}, Variant name: Penns Neck

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Churchtown, historically known as Penns Neck, is an unincorporated community located north of Pennsville in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey.{{cite web|title=Locality Search|url=http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt|publisher=State of New Jersey}} St. George's Episcopal Church was started here in 1714 by Swedish and Finnish settlers as a Lutheran church.{{cite web |title=St. George's Episcopal Church: Our History |url=https://www.stgeorgespv.org/our-history |publisher=St. George's Episcopal Church}}{{cite web |last=Greenagel |first=Frank L. |year=2001 |title=Saint George's Episcopal Church, Churchtown, Salem County |url=http://www.njchurchscape.com/Churchtown-StGeorge%27sEpis.html |publisher=The New Jersey Churchscape |quote=the Swedish and nearby Finnish settlers organized a Lutheran church here in 1714}}

File:Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson - a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in (14593337090).jpg|St. George's, Penns Neck, N.J.
Illustration from 1903