History thumb|upright=1.1|The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Wenonah in August 2022 Wenonah was founded in 1871 by Philadelphia businessmen as a country resort, drawn by its location along the Mantua Creek and on the West Jersey Railroad.Historical Overview: 1870 to 1968, Wenonah Environmental Commission. Accessed September 1, 2013. Over the next 40 years, numerous dams were installed to create recreational lakes. From 1902 until the Great Depression, Wenonah Military Academy, a private military school, trained cadets there.Reeves, Ira Louis. Military education in the United States, Free Press Printing Co., 1914, pp. 195-196. Accessed November 8, 2012.Staff. "Wenonah: A bedroom community with a penchant for Longfellow", Courier-Post, October 19, 2006. Accessed November 8, 2012.
History thumb|upright=1.1|The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Wenonah in August 2022 Wenonah was founded in 1871 by Philadelphia businessmen as a country resort, drawn by its location along the Mantua Creek and on the West Jersey Railroad.Historical Overview: 1870 to 1968, Wenonah Environmental Commission. Accessed September 1, 2013. Over the next 40 years, numerous dams were installed to create recreational lakes. From 1902 until the Great Depression, Wenonah Military Academy, a private military school, trained cadets there.Reeves, Ira Louis. Military education in the United States, Free Press Printing Co., 1914, pp. 195-196. Accessed November 8, 2012.Staff. "Wenonah: A bedroom community with a penchant for Longfellow", Courier-Post, October 19, 2006. Accessed November 8, 2012.