Delaware Bay · NJ
Greenwich
A Cohansey River village that burned its tea in 1774.
- Population
- 771 (2020 census)
- Tea burning
- 1774
- Incorporated
- 1798
Then
- 1748
Greenwich is formed as a precinct on the Cohansey River.
- 1774
Patriots seize a load of tea bound for Philadelphia and burn it in the night: the Greenwich Tea Party.
- 1798
Greenwich Township incorporates on February 21.
Now
The Teaburners' Monument marks the spot in this quiet farming village. Nantuxent Cove and the Delaware shore around Leipsic and Woodland Beach share this stretch of the bay.
9 tide stations around Greenwich
- Tindalls Wharf, Cohansey River5.5 mi
- Ship John Shoal6.2 mi
- Back Creek entrance, Nantuxent Cove6.6 mi
- Cedar Creek entrance, Nantuxent Cove7.9 mi
- Woodland Beach, Del.7.9 mi
- Money Island, Nantuxent Creek entrance8.9 mi
- Newport Landing, Nantuxent Creek10.0 mi
- Leipsic, Leipsic River13.9 mi
- Mahon River entrance14.5 mi