1779Government
The town was first established in 1779 by Solomon Stanger as Glass Works in the Woods.
1860History
Passenger train service to Glassboro was available from 1860 to 1971.
1878Civil Rights
What is now Glassboro was originally formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 11, 1878, from portions of Clayton Township.
1891Infrastructure
Portions of the township were taken to form Elk Township (April 17, 1891) and Pitman (May 24, 1905).
1902History
Stanger (1902–1958), politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1938 to 1946
Walter L.
1920Civil Rights
Glassboro was incorporated as a borough on March 18, 1920, replacing Glassboro Township.
1923Government
Much of the recent and projected growth in Glassboro have been attributed to the growth trajectory of Rowan University, founded in 1923 and formerly known as Glassboro State Col...
1937Education
The school became New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro in 1937 and Glassboro State College in 1958.
1944Military
(born 1944), US Army major general, raised in Glassboro
== See also ==
== References ==
== External links ==
Glassboro official website
1958Government
In 1958, a typhoid fever epidemic broke out in the predominantly African-American neighborhoods of Elsmere and Lawns, which was attributed to 20 years of municipal neglect of th...
1962Government
Dalton (born 1962), Prosecutor of Gloucester County, New Jersey, who previously served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 4th Legislative Dis...
1967Education
The university was the site of the Glassboro Summit Conference in 1967 between U.S.
1986Education
On June 19, 1986, Ronald Reagan became the first sitting president to speak at a high school graduation when he spoke at the Glassboro High School commencement ceremonies.
2000History
=== 2000 census ===
As of the 2000 census, there were 19,068 people, 6,225 households, and 4,046 families residing in the borough.
2004Government
In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 58.5% of the vote (3,930 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W.
2006History
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $54,795 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,79...
2010History
== Demographics ==
=== 2010 census ===
The 2010 United States census counted 18,579 people, 6,158 households, and 3,972 families in the borough.
2011Civil Rights
=== Politics ===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 9,772 registered voters in Glassboro, of which 3,733 (38.2%) were registered as Democrats, 1,408 (14.4%) were registere...
2013Civil Rights
Anna Miller was appointed by the borough council in March 2013 from among three candidates offered by the municipal Democratic committee to fill the vacant seat of George Cossab...
2018Education
Rowan University is a public university with an enrollment of 19,500 undergraduate and graduate students in 2018–2019.
2019Civil Rights
In March 2019, Danielle Spence was selected to fill the seat on the Borough Council expiring in December 2019 that had been held by Edward A.
2022Education
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,895 students and 155.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher...
2025Government
As of 2025, the mayor of Glassboro is Democrat John E.
2026History
Wallace, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.
2027Economy
Members of the borough council, and the years their terms expire, are Council President Anna Miller (D, 2027), Timothy D.