Home of one of the biggest truck stops in the US.

1. The first inhabitant of Hammonton was William Coffin, who ran a saw mill owned by John Coates. Eventually Coffin bought out Coates, and then partnered with Johnathan Haines to build a glass factory. The town got its name from one of Coffin’s sons, John Hammond Coffin.
2. Hammonton held its first blueberry festival in 1953. The town is known as the Blueberry Capital of the World, and was even recognized as such by Ronald Reagan in a speech he gave there on September 19, 1984.
3. Fort Dix, constructed in June-July 1917, was named after Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. In addition to being a soldier, Dix also served as a United States Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, Minister to France, and Governor of New York.
4. During the Vietnam War, Fort Dix was home to a mock Vietnamese village, where soldiers could get specific training prior to being sent overseas.
5. Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon and once King of Spain, lived in voluntary exile in Bordentown from 1816-1839 under the assumed name Count de Survilliers.