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Haddonfield

Haddonfield: Photo of southbound New Jersey Route 41 / County Route 573 (Kings Highway) in Haddonfield , New Jersey
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A handsome colonial town with a brick-sidewalked main street, the tavern where New Jersey became a state, and the site of a famous dinosaur find.

Haddonfield's Kings Highway is a handsome colonial main street of brick sidewalks, shops and restaurants, and the town feels much older than the Philadelphia suburbs around it. The Indian King Tavern, where New Jersey's legislature met in 1777, stands right in the middle of it.

Haddonfield also has a place in the history of science: in 1858 the bones of Hadrosaurus foulkii, the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton ever found, were dug from a marl pit here, and a life-size statue of "Haddy" stands downtown. The PATCO train makes Haddonfield an easy car-free trip from Philadelphia.

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  • Indian King Tavern Historic Site

    State Historic Site · 1 miles away

    A colonial tavern on Haddonfield's main street where New Jersey's legislature met in 1777 and confirmed New Jersey as an independent state.

  • Camden County Historical Society

    Museum · 4 miles away

  • Walt Whitman House Historic Site

    State Historic Site · 6 miles away

    The modest Mickle Street house where Walt Whitman spent his last years, the only home the poet ever owned.

  • Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial

    Museum · 6 miles away

    The battleship USS New Jersey, which served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, moored on the Camden waterfront for tours.

  • Independence Seaport Museum

    Museum · 7 miles away

    Philadelphia's maritime museum on Penn's Landing, with the cruiser Olympia and the World War II submarine Becuna to explore.

  • Museum of the American Revolution

    Museum · 7 miles away

    The story of the Revolution told through objects such as George Washington's own field tent, a short walk from Independence Hall.