North Pemberton Railroad Station

North Pemberton Station (circa 1892) is an exemplary late nineteenth-century rural railway station that served as an integral aspect of Pemberton's economy. Additionally, during the twentieth century, soldiers going to nearby Fort Dix came through the station.

The Camden and Amboy Railroad built the first North Pemberton Station in 1862 and opened it to the public on January 5, 1863. Travelers or freight could reach such places as Camden, Philadelphia, or New York. After a series of mergers, the station came under the Camden and Burlington County Railroad in 1866. Camden and Burlington operated it continuously until 1891 when a fire burnt the wooden structure burned it to its foundation. Though Pemberton residents erected a temporary structure two weeks after the fire, a desire existed for a more permanent facility.

In 1892, John S. Rogers built the present station. In addition to passengers, trains coming through the station carried agricultural products, construction materials, and various dry goods. Pemberton evolved into a significant distribution point for such products as cranberries and blueberries. (Pemberton enjoyed a thriving blueberry and cranberry industry during the early twentieth century.)

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company took ownership of the station in 1915. They merged with New York Central in 1968 to form the Penn Central System, which controlled the station until 1976 when Conrail took over the station (and abandoned it a few years later). Restoration to the station occurred in the late 1990s when the station transitioned to a public museum, which occupied the station until roughly 2011; the station is vacant as of 2021. 

"Attractions: N. Pemberton RR Station." SouthJersey.Com. Accessed February 25, 2021. https://www.southjersey.com/article/7106/Attractions-N-Pemberton-RR-Station. The article does not provide a publication date, but it was written sometime before the museum's closure in 2011. 

Hiros, Ann G. "Nomination Form: North Pemberton Railroad Station." National Register of Historic Places. nps.gov. May 1978. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/3f90f117-f260-4461-9932-3b99afe22e26.

"Historical Information." Borough of Pemberton. pembertonbourough.us. https://www.pembertonborough.us/historical-information.html#:~:text=The%20first%20to%20exploit%20Pemberton's,also%20planned%20a%20company%20town.

"North Pemberton Railroad Station and Rail Trail." PineyPower.com. Accessed February 25, 2021. http://www.pineypower.com/pemberton_rr.htm.