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Vineland

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VINELAND, a borough of Cumberland county, New Jersey, U.S.A., 35 m. S. of Philadelphia; served by the Central of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania railways. Pop. (1930 7,556. It has an area of I sq.m., laid out in unusually broad streets, straight and well shaded. The surrounding country is devoted largely to fruit, poultry and sweet potatoes, and the borough has a great variety of manufacturing industries. It is the seat of the New

Jersey training school for backward children (1888), the State Home for the care and training of feeble-minded women (1888) and the State Home for disabled soldiers, sailors, marines and their wives. Vineland was founded in 1861 by Charles K. Landis (1835-190o). The village was incorporated in 1880.