 The township was named either for the town of the same name in England or for prominent English settler Thomas Eves.Evesham Township was formed on November 6, 1688, as "Eversham" (with an "R" in the middle of the name that was lost in subsequent years) in the Province of West Jersey before the county was formed.It was incorporated by the Township Act of 1798 of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships.