10 mi. E of Hammonton on CR 542, Batsto, New Jersey. County/parish: Burlington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 10, 1971. NRIS 71000495.
20 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
Batsto Village (or simply Batsto) is a historic unincorporated community located on CR 542 within Washington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in Wharton State Forest in the south central Pine Barrens, and a part of the Pinelands National Reserve. It is listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, and is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks & Forestry. The name is derived from the Swedish bastu, bathing place (also the Swedish word for Finnish sauna); the first bathers were probably the Lenni Lenape Native Americans.
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