In the 19th century, Green Bank was important to the economy of Washington Township: it held one of the township's main sawmills, it functioned as a port from which the township's lumber was shipped down the Mullica River to the Atlantic Ocean, and when shipbuilding became an important industry in the township in the late 19th century, many ships were built at Green Bank.[3]
Education
Children in Green Bank formerly attended a school within the town as part of Washington Township's school district; this school, built in 1919, is on the state Register of Historic Places[4] and is currently used as the township's town hall, having been replaced with a larger school building next door in 2006. The decision to replace the old school was controversial due to the small number of students attending it,[5] and in fall 2010 the new school closed as an agreement with
Mullica Township allowed elementary and middle school students to attend
its schools.[6] As of 2021[update], students from Green Bank, like those from all of Washington Township, attend elementary and middle school in the
Mullica Township Schools and high school in
Cedar Creek High School in
Egg Harbor City.[7]
^Kent, Spencer.
"Former Miss New Jersey, longtime Hollywood actress dies at 87", NJ Advance Media for
NJ.com, April 27, 2017. Accessed April 27, 2017. "Crowley, who graduated from Egg Harbor City High School in 1946, was a finalist in the 1949 Miss America contest in Atlantic City and was awarded the 'Miss Congeniality' title.... After 20 years in the acting business, she settled down with her husband John Rubsam and returned to the Green Bank section of Washington Township in Burlington County, where the couple raised their son, Matthew."