Red Lion is an unincorporated community located within Southampton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 29, 2015.
Red Lion is home to the Red Lion Inn, a gas station, and a few houses, all located near the Red Lion Circle, within the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
The name, Red Lion, comes from a story about one of the original settlers, a man by the name of Parks, who battled a mountain lion. The lion's coat turned red from its own blood. Mountain lion and black bear were common in the area before being hunted to extinction.
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