Millville

M illville,New Jersey, a city of approximately 28,000, is locat- ed in Cumberland County, in the southern part of the state, some 45 miles south of Philadelphia, and 22 miles east of the Delaware Bay. Comprising 44.3 square miles of land—much of it, to this day, still wooded—it was originally incorporated as a township in 1801, and reincorporated as a city in 1866.Millville derived its name in the 1790s from the numerous mills and factories that were planned for the site.Then, in 1806, an Irish immigrant, named James Lee, opened the area’s first glass factory,making use of the large amount of silica sand in the area, and for most of the next two MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW MILLVILLE, NEWJERSEY AT A GLANCE MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY WHAT: A city of 28,000 WHERE: Cumberland County, in the southern part of the state WEBSITE: www.millvillenj.gov PHOTO BY DWAYNE LEWIS