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This NJ town doesn’t exist anymore because it got totally bombed in WWII
Imagine your whole hometown getting bombed non-stop by planes, to the point where it's just blown off the map.
It happened in South Jersey during World War II. The town was Baileytown, New Jersey — in Cumberland County.
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Baileytown? Where's that?
Gone, long gone. Destroyed by bombs.
Not theirs — ours!
For the story of Bailetown, we check in with the website, baileytown-nj.com. The site recalls the "picturesque farming community dotted with family farms, a quaint one-room schoolhouse and small store."
Baileytown dates back to 1799 when Bagwell Bailey built a log cabin about a mile from Laurel Lake.
Fast forward to 1942 when the families of Baileytown packed their bags and moved what they could away from their homes. The War Department cleared the town so it could be used for bombing practice for the nearby Millville Army Air Field.
Families didn't have a choice but to move: "Immediately south of the Millville Airport and extending almost to Dividing Creek, the United States Government acquired 18,000 acres, covering 20 square miles, for use as an aerial target area. Every property owner in this region was required to sell his property to the War Department or risk having it taken through condemnation."
By the end of the war, the town was pretty much gone.
Can you imagine having to leave your home so it could be blown off the map?
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