Vineland is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, which was formed on July 1, 1952, through the merger of Landis Township and Vineland Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on February 5, 1952. The name is derived from the plans of its founder to use the land to grow grapes.

Charles K. Landis purchased 30,000 acres of land in 1861 and another 23,000 acres in 1874, near Millville, New Jersey, and along the West Jersey railroad line with service between Camden and Cape May, to create his own Temperance Town, an alcohol-free utopian society based on agriculture and progressive thinking. The first houses were built in 1862, and train service was established to Philadelphia and New York City, with the population reaching 5,500 by 1865.

After determining that the Vineland soil was well-suited for growing grapes, Landis started advertising to attract Italian grape growers to Vineland, offering 20 acres of land that had to be cleared and used to grow grapes. Thomas Bramwell Welch founded Welch's Grape Juice there. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, most of the city was involved in the poultry industry, which led to the city being dubbed "The Egg Basket of America." (wikpedia.org)