{"id":540,"slug":"whitesbog-historic-village-browns-mills-new-jersey","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Whitesbog is the bred — the 'blueberry first' that's the '16's birth, the 'Elizabeth' that's the breeder's name. The 'paid bushes' is the gathered — the 'wild brought' that's the stock's source, the 'Coville' that's the botanist's partner. The 'cranberry first' is the older — the 'Fenwick' that's the founder's name, the 'largest NJ' that's the farm's rank.","The 'company town' is the kept — the '25 buildings' that's the village's count, the 'test fields' that's the left's proof. The 'Sears kit' is the odd — the 'substation' that's the house's use, the 'train assembled' that's the build's way. Whitesbog is the born — the 'modern blueberry' that's the industry's start, the 'Pine Barrens' that's the setting's wild.","The file keeps Whitesbog: the bred blueberry, the paid bushes, the cranberry first, and the kept village.","Whitesbog is the archive's New Jersey file — the farm where the blueberry was invented."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Whitesbog is the archive's New Jersey file — the company town that bred a fruit.","A field keeps its berry — the file's suggestion being that Whitesbog's hold is the bred: the 'Elizabeth' that's the breeder's name, the '1916' that's the fruit's birth, and the 'test fields' that's the proof's left."]}],"name":"Whitesbog Historic Village","aliases":[],"type":"FORMER_COMPANY_TOWN","type_label":"Former Company Town","cats":["HISTORIC_SETTLEMENT"],"groups":["ghost-towns"],"desc":"Preserved rural company village and agricultural landscape.","full_desc":"Whitesbog Historic Village is a former company town in Browns Mills, New Jersey, listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Sites. Preserved rural company village and agricultural landscape. The archive files it under historic settlements. The dossier holds 1 documented fact — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.","address":"120 W. Whites Bog Road","city":"Browns Mills","county":null,"state":"New Jersey","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":39.973149,"lon":-74.569211,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"HISTORIC_SITE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":"Agriculture continues. Keep out of bogs and farm operations; some paths close during growing/harvest season.","ownership":null,"website":"https://whitesbog.org/","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"National and State Registers of Historic Sites","current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery under Pinelands ghost-town strategy; classify as preserved company settlement, not wholly abandoned or haunted. Paranormal claims require separate evidence.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":65,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.8,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"Cranberry-growing settlement founded in1857; Elizabeth White worked in the family enterprise and developed commercial blueberry cultivation. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'History / About'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"History / About","url":"https://whitesbog.org/history-about/","publisher":"Whitesbog Preservation Trust","type":"HISTORICAL_SOCIETY","authority":2}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"opening_hours":"Grounds daily sunrise–sunset; volunteer building access Saturday10am–2pm","admission_fee":"Grounds free","tour_availability":"First-Saturday guided village tour; other tours/events separately scheduled","parking":"Main lot and signed overflow","last_verified_at":"2026-09-14T10:36:20+00:00","source":{"name":"FAQ","url":"https://whitesbog.org/faq/","publisher":"Whitesbog Preservation Trust","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"History / About","url":"https://whitesbog.org/history-about/","publisher":"Whitesbog Preservation Trust","type":"HISTORICAL_SOCIETY","authority":2},{"name":"FAQ","url":"https://whitesbog.org/faq/","publisher":"Whitesbog Preservation Trust","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}