[3] It is located in Wharton State Forest in the south central Pine Barrens, and a part of the Pinelands National Reserve.

[4]: 117  John Fort ran a sawmill there for several years, attempting to buy the land with the profits from milling, but failed to meet the purchase price.

He had surveyed the tract of land, and found that it had an abundance of bog ore which could be mined from the area's streams and rivers.

[4]: 120 In 1773, John Cox bought the Iron Works, which produced cooking pots, kettles, and other household items.

In 1876, Philadelphia businessman Joseph Wharton purchased Batsto along with a substantial number of other properties in the area.

He improved many of the village buildings and was involved in a number of forestry and agricultural projects, including cranberry farming and a sawmill.

By the late 1930s, the houses in Batsto were "occupied chiefly by woodcutters and other members of South Jersey's forest people.

Included in that construction was a plan for a "trans-ocean airport" and Congress was working on authorizing $73,523,000 for the establishment of a combined depot and air transport service.