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BURLINGTON COUNTY POST TOWNS: PART 2 ~ Jack EdgeBridgeboro, today, is located in Delran Township. It is divided by U.S. Route 130 andthe new bridge across the Rancocas. The project of building the new bridge eliminated severalhomes on the north side of the bridge, along with the ancient Bridgeboro Inn. Most ofBridgeboro, on the opposite side of the six lane highway, remains, looking much as it has, formany generations. The population listed in 1880 was 400; there are not many more today.Fig. No. 13: Bridgeboro, N.J. Sept. 26, 1867 cover posted with an 1862 2 cent stamp.February 8, 1849January 31, 1959February 1, 1959October 2, 1959Post office openedPost office discontinued - service to RiversidePost office re-established as branch office of RiversideBranch office closedFig. No. 13a: Circa 1876, Bridgeboro, N.J.~ ~NJPH 94Vol. 33/No. 2May 2005 Whole No. 158