| Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
| Location: | New Jersey Route 49, Gouldtown, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 39.42°N -75.1842°W |
| Architecture: | Mid 19th Century Revival |
| Added: | September 29, 1995 |
| Refnum: | 95001138 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | July 17, 1995 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 2807[1] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church located on New Jersey Route 49 (Bridgeton-Milltown Pike) in the Gouldtown section of Fairfield Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. The current church was built in 1860, on the eve of the American Civil War. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1995, for its significance in religion and African-American history.[2]
Gouldtown is now just a crossroads with a few buildings, but it is one of the oldest settlements in America founded by free, land-owning African-Americans. The Rev. Ruben Cuff of Salem County organized a society of African Americans in 1818. In 1823 they bought an unused schoolhouse to use as a church, and in 1834 they bought a second schoolhouse and moved it to the site.[3]