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Leeds Point (also known as Leeds) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [6] located within Galloway Township, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [7] It is situated on the end of a promontory raised about 30-50 ft above the salt marsh on the south side of Great Bay . [ 8 ]
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey.Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map.
The land was inherited by Leeds' sons and family and is now known as Leeds Point, one of the areas in the Pine Barrens currently most associated with the Jersey Devil legend and alleged Jersey Devil sightings. [10] Starting in the 17th century, English Quakers established settlements in Southern Jersey, the region in which the Pine Barrens are ...
Historic Oliphant Grist Mill. Galloway Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a growing edge city to neighboring Atlantic City.At 114.49 square miles (296.5 km 2) of total area of land and water, Galloway Township is the largest municipality in the state.
Daniel Leeds first surveyed the coastal waters of Egg Harbor in 1698, eventually finding Leeds Point. [19] In 1735, according to folklore, Mother Leeds gave birth to her 13th child in the area during a strange thunderstorm; this child would become the Jersey Devil. [20] In the early 18th century, George May founded Mays Landing. [19]
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The Pine Barrens gave rise to the legend of the Jersey Devil, said to have been born in 1735 to a local woman named Mrs. Leeds in an area known as Leeds Point. It was said that he was her 13th child and, because of the unlucky number, he was cursed.