Welcome to Medford ...

Medford is located in Burlington County<1>.

The location of Medford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1820.

Medford is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Medford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Medford lies within the (856) area code.

Websites for Medford ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Medford, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Medford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Medford - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Medford.

Communities near Medford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Medford.

• Philadelphia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
• Camden
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Hammonton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton
  • Hammonton is located in Atlantic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
• Gloucester City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Burlington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Burlington is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
• Woodbury
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
• Bristol
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Bristol is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,573 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <4>
• Washington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
• Bordentown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
  • Bordentown is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
• Wood - Lynne
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood - Lynne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne
  • Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Medford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Medford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Medford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Medford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Medford. See our Newspapers Page for Medford.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medford ...

Looking for more information about Medford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Medford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Medford.

Adding Medford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medford in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Medford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Medford post office opened in 1820.

We also found Medford in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medford.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Medford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Burlington County: www.co.burlington.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/