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River Avenue, more popularly known as River Road, runs north from Federal Street to the Camden city limits and became a Camden thoroughfare in 1899, when the town of Stockton was united with the city. It is the main artery of Cramer Hill and the location of many stores and small businesses.
Page 42 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the East Camden Coal Co. at 24th St. and Marlton Pike, Nick's Town Tavern at 7906 River Rd., Delair, Howard Johnson's Royal Cafe at 3827 Marlton Pike, Pennsauken, and Ben Niewinski's Cafe at 1898 River Ave., around an installment of the parish history telling how Father Shuvlin bought the former Saint Patrick's cemetery site for a new school, completed in 1929, and how the Rev. Charles G. McCorristin became pastor in January 1930.