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Mickleton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within East Greenwich Township in Gloucester County, served by ZIP Code 08056.

Mickleton was first listed as a census-designated place in the 2020 United States census, which counted 2,285 residents living in 790 households.

The CDP covers about 2.07 square miles, and its 2020 census median age was 43.5 years.

Mickleton's Quaker roots remain visible in its Friends Meeting House and in the Little Red School House, a schoolhouse building dating to the 17th and 18th centuries.

Mickleton is home to the Bodo Otto House on Kings Highway, a three-story Georgian stone house built in 1725 that was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976, for its significance in military history.

The Bodo Otto House was the home of Dr. Bodo Otto Jr., a German-born surgeon who served as a colonel in the American Revolutionary War; the house was burned in 1778 during the war and later expanded by Samuel Tonkin.

The Upper Greenwich Friends Meetinghouse in Mickleton was itself added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The Swedesboro Railroad built its line from Woodbury to Swedesboro through Mickleton, opening in October 1869, and the line is still operated for freight traffic by the Southern Railroad of New Jersey.

Local children attend East Greenwich Township School District schools for grades K-6 and the Kingsway Regional School District, including Kingsway Regional High School, for grades 7-12.

Mickleton has shared in East Greenwich Township's growth boom: the township's population jumped 22.5% between 2010 and 2020, reaching 11,706.