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Monroe Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

First Police Station

Monroe Township Historical Society

 
 
First Police Station Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 14, 2020
1. First Police Station Marker
Inscription.
The Township's first Police Station was a one-room office on the first floor of the 1929 Town Hall. It was the headquarters of the Township's first Full-Time Police Officer, George F. Ormsby, from 1929 to his death in 1953. This marker is located in front of the window of that office.

Sponsored By: Robert & Doris Ormsby

 
Erected by Monroe Township Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsLaw Enforcement. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.
 
Location. 39° 41.053′ N, 74° 59.555′ W. Marker is near Monroe, New Jersey, in Gloucester County. It is in Monroe Township. It is on South Main Street just north of Hall Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 266 S Main St, Williamstown NJ 08094, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Jersey and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ireland-Hofer House (within shouting distance of this marker); First National POW-MIA Memorial Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Christopher Columbus (about 300 feet away); Free Reading Room and Library Association (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Buffalo Soldiers - 22nd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops (approx. 4 miles away); Hollybush (approx. 6.8 miles away); History of Pitman Grove (approx. 8 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monroe.
 
The First Police Station image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 14, 2020
2. The First Police Station
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 480 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 16, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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