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Voorhees is a township in Camden County, New Jersey. As of 2000, Voorhees Township’s population was approximately 28,000. Voorhees is a New Jersey suburb in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. The area comprises the Ashland, Kirkwood, Kresson, Glendale and Osage sections. Voorhees is largely a bedroom community, with many of its residents commuting to Cherry Hill or Philadelphia for work.

History

The Lenni-Lenape Nation was known as the "Original People," and was one of the first people to inhabit the area that is Voorhees today. While only about 2,000 Lenni-Lenape lived in this area, many neighboring tribes came to New Jersey to hunt, fish and cultivate the rich soil. They raised crops of corn, pumpkin and beans. In warmer weather they walked to the Atlantic Ocean. One path they made to the seacoast was so worn that it eventually became a stage coach route, known as Long-A-Coming Road. Today it is known in Voorhees as Route 561, or Haddonfield-Berlin Road.

In the early 1600s the Nanticoke People from southeastern Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland migrated north and united with the Lenni-Lenape already living in New Jersey.

Voorhees Township was named in honor of Foster McGowan Voorhees, the governor of New Jersey who authorized its creation in 1899.

In the past 10 years, the population of Voorhees has increased in size to more than 28,000 people. The median family income is one of the highest in South Jersey.

Parks and Recreation

Voorhees has 7 beautiful trails that are suitable for a wide range of abilities and interests. All trails in the park are multi-use except the Cross Park Trail and the Parcourse Circuit, which are footpaths only. The trails range from wide and graveled to rocky and steep in places.