History

__The History of Pittsgrove __  __**More Modern History **__
 * __ Ancient History __**
 * Approximately 15,000 years ago, this land was a barren, ice covered tundra.
 * Glaciers extended so far south, the land became a habitable forest.
 * The area was originally inhabited by the Lenape Indians.
 * The region now encompassing the Cumberland and Salem counties was purchased from the Natives by John Fenwick in 1676.
 * The Royal Charter created the township of Pittsgrove on December 6, 1769.
 * The manmade Parvin Lake was created in 1783, which is when the dam was being constructed across the Muddy Run[[image:http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3584683.jpg width="500" height="375"]]
 * Pittsgrove was officially incorporated on February 21, 1798.
 * This water was used to power a saw mill, and lumber from the mill was used in the area's buildings.
 * A part of this land was sold to Elemuel Parvin in 1796, and both the Parvin State Park and Parvin State Forest bear his name.
 * In the 1930s and 1940s, the forest was home to Civilian Conservation Corps, a POW camp for German prisoners, and a camp for displaced Japanese American children.