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BURLINGTON COUNTY POST TOWNS: PART 2 ~ Jack EdgeFig. No. 10b: Bordentown, N.J. strike on stampless cover dated Dec. 5, 1843.~ ~BOUGHER POST OFFICE ~ Established June 29, 1889At the northern point in Mount Laurel Township, along the Rancocas Creek, stands asmall village known as Centerton. From 1889 until 1917 it was known as Bougher. Situated onthe west bank of the Rancocas Creek, Centerton is about one mile north of Masonville andapproximately three-quarters of a mile southwest and across the Rancocas Creek from the villageof Rancocas. The first bridge at Centerton was finished in 1832. It was not until after thisstructure was erected that the village of Rancocas was established.Fig. No. 11: This is a view of I. W. Heuling’s Sons Lumber & Coal Business at Centerton, circa 1876, a town whichwould soon be known as Bougher Post Office.NJPH 92Vol. 33/No. 2May 2005 Whole No. 158