Shiloh, NJ

Shiloh is a borough in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Shiloh is part of the Vineland–Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area for statistical purposes. Shiloh was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 9, 1929, from portions of Hopewell Township and Stow Creek Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 16, 1929. Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.

A newcomer can read Shiloh through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Shiloh comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Shiloh is a dry town, where alcohol is not permitted to be sold by law, though alcohol is available at the winery in the borough. The settlement of Shiloh was founded in 1705 by Robert Ayars, who brought over 2,000 Seventh Day Baptists from Rhode Island to be free of religious persecution. Shiloh borders Hopewell Township and Stow Creek Township.