Penns Neck, New Jersey

Penns Neck, New Jersey
Unincorporated community

Penns Neck, New Jersey
Penns Neck, New Jersey
Penns Neck, New Jersey

Penns Neck

Coordinates: 40°19′56″N 74°38′13″W / 40.33222°N 74.63694°W / 40.33222; -74.63694Coordinates: 40°19′56″N 74°38′13″W / 40.33222°N 74.63694°W / 40.33222; -74.63694
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Mercer
Township West Windsor
Elevation[1] 98 ft (30 m)
GNIS feature ID 879214[1]
Not to be confused with Penn's Neck Township, a former municipality in Salem County, New Jersey.

Penns Neck is an unincorporated community located within West Windsor Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[2] The community developed at the intersection of the Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike (now U.S. Route 1) and Washington Road.[3][4] The Penns Neck Circle and the historic Penns Neck Baptist Church (1812) are both located in Penns Neck. The Princeton Branch rail line, known as the Dinky, has run through the area since 1865, and stopped at Penns Neck station until January 1971.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Penns Neck". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ History, West Windsor Township, New Jersey. Accessed October 6, 2016. "Today, West Windsor can still identify the six farming villages that were a part of the area:... Penns Neck – on either side of Washington Road east of Route One"
  4. ↑ Google (January 25, 2015). "Penns Neck, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, its Predecessors and Successors and its Historical Context: 1971", April 2015 edition. Accessed October 6, 2016. "Jan. 30, 1971 Last day of passenger service at Penns Neck station on Princeton Branch."


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