VINELAND  , a

borough of Cumberland county, New Jersey U.S.A., in the southern part of the state, about 34 M . S . 01 Philadelphia and about 115 m . S.W. of New York . Pop . (1890) 3822; (1900) 4370, including J90 foreign-born; (1905 state census) 4593; (1910) 5282 . Area, r sq . In . It is served by the Central of New Jersey and the West Jersey & Seashore railways, and by electric railway to Millville and Bridgeton . Vineland is situated at an altitude of qo–1 8 ft. above the sea, on a generally level or slightly undulating plain, and has unusually broad, straight and well-shaded streets . The borough maintains a public library, a public park of 40 acres, artesian water-works, a sewerage system and an electric lighting plant . It is the seat of the New Jersey Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys (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 .

The Vineland

Historical and Antiquarian Society (organized in 1864) has a library (8000 volumes in 19o9) housed in the Society's building, and it maintains a free lecture course . Saloons for the sale of intoxicating liquors have never been allowed in Vineland . The surrounding country is largely de-voted to the growing of small fruits, grapes, peaches, pears and apples, and the raising of sweet potatoes; and within the borough are manufactured unfermented grape juice wine, boots and shoes, clothing, carpets, rugs, chenille curtains, pearl buttons, flint-glass tubes and bottles, and iron castings . Vineland was founded in 1861 by Charles K . Landis (1835-1900), who conceived the idea of creating a settlement in the almost uninhabited " Pines " of Southern New Jersey; and after purchasing a large tract he laid out a village with small farms adjoining . The settlers, largely from New England and the Middle States, received the land at moderate prices on agreeing to make certain stipulated improvements . The township of Landis (pop. in 1910, 6435), named in honour of the founder of the settlement, was incorporated in 1864, having formerly been a part of Millville; from it Vineland was separated and was incorporated as a borough in 1880 . See The Founder's Own Story of the Founding of Vineland (Vineland, 1903), a pamphlet published by the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society .