Ghost towns and their post offices

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BarryC

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Here's a list of dead post offices. Some of these are the ghost towns we know about, including with name changes. Also some South Jersey towns that used to have P.O.'s, but don't anymore, and so on. Some of these are forgotten towns that Father Beck visited and tried to research. The information comes from "A Handbook and Checklist of New Jersey D.P.O's".
DPO's are Discontinued (or dead) post offices.
This information really puts a handle on the history of some of our ghost towns. Ken my recognize some names from North Jersey, and Al my recognize some from Cumberland and Cape May Counties.
See if any of these ring a bell. :wink:
An asterisk after the dates means that the PO may still be in use, but in a different category, such as an independant PO becoming a branch.
Allaire 1874-1905*
Amatol 1918-1919
Atsion 1797-1930
Bamber 1873-1900
Bargaintown 1804-1913
Bass River Hotel 1827-1854
Batsto 1852-1911*
Beesleys Point 1851-1934
Belcoville 1918-1919
Belle Plain 1867-1934
Bertrand Island 1884-1885
Bivalve 1889-1971
Bridgetown 1814-1842
Brookville 1892-1935
Buckshutem 1863-1865
Cape Island 1804-1869
Caviar 1892-1921
Chetwood 1863-1866
Colliers Mills 1868-1912
Corbin City 1922-1954
Crowleyville 1856-1857
Cumberland Furnace 1822-1827
East Creek 1842-1899
English Creek 1859-1908
Estelville 1850-1934
Etna Furnace 1822-1828
Folsom 1887-1921
Fort Hancock 1897-1945*
Fruitland 1866-1871
Georgetown 1847-1920
Gloucester Furnace 1827-1855
Green Bank 1940-1954
Greystone Park 1908-1962*
Harrisia 1889-1895
Harrisville 1856-1862
Howell Furnace 1827-1831
Howell Works 1831-1858
Indian Mills 1861-1920
Jenkins 1906-1932
Lakehurst Proving Grounds 1919
Lebanon Glass Works 1862-1867
Long a Coming 1812-1867
Lower Bank 1854-1954
McKee City 1890-1942
Maurice River 1889-1933
Mountainville 1859-1915
Mount Olive 1872-1916
Musconetcong 1854-1876
Naughrightville 1868-1886
Naughright 1886-1948
Nesco 1889-1910
New Germantown 1795-1918
Oriental 1891-1900
Oxford Furnace 1813-1866
Pahaquarry 1868-1878
Paisley 1889-1892
Parkertown 1898-1954
Pasadena 1903-1915
Penwell 1863-1867
Pine Plains 1848-1855
Pineworth 1912-1916
Pleasant Mills 1827-1909
Recklesstown 1830-1888
Scullville 1887-1914
Seaville 1849-1915
Shamong 1849-1893
Shelltown 1850-1869
Smithville 1866-1964
Sooys Inn 1815-1856
Squankum 1819-1854
Staffordville 1872-1954
Steelmanville 1875-1913
Setphens Creek 1828-1836
Wading River 1858-1923
Walnford 1850-1904
Walns Mills 1850
Walpack 1829-1844
Warren Grove 1908-1935
Waterloo 1847-1916
Weymouth Furnace 1806-1819
Weymouth 1846-1923
Wheatland 1872-1898
Whitesbog 1923-1957
Whitesbog Rural Br. 1957-1965
 
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BarryC

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Probably, because it shows it being in Burlington County. Notice also Wheatland and Pasadena. Also Atsion and Fruitland.
And how about Chetwood? Didn't that have something to do with Calico, or Martha?
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Barry,

I wonder if the Shamong mentioned ended when the name was changed to Chatsworth. It says it ended in 1893, and this map shows Chatsworth when it was Shamong in 1885.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/teegate/1885.jpg

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njvike

njvike

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BarryC said:
Here's a list of dead post offices. Some of these are the ghost towns we know about, including with name changes. Also some South Jersey towns that used to have P.O.'s, but don't anymore, and so on. Some of these are forgotten towns that Father Beck visited and tried to research. The information comes from "A Handbook and Checklist of New Jersey D.P.O's".
DPO's are Discontinued (or dead) post offices.
This information really puts a handle on the history of some of our ghost towns. Ken my recognize some names from North Jersey, and Al my recognize some from Cumberland and Cape May Counties.
See if any of these ring a bell. :wink:
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Barry,

Thanks, I seem to recognize more from South Jersey than I do of North Jersey. I can only attribute that to Father Beck.

I do recognize some of these North Jersey POs. WalPack is next to the Delaware on the Old Mine Road and Waterloo is about 15 minutes from my home.

Thanks for the info.
 
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BarryC

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Ken,
I figured you might also recognize Oxford Furnace and Pahaquarry. (Pahaquarry Township is somewhere in Warren County near the Water Gap, I think.) Other names I mentioned like Mountainville and New Germantown (now Oldwick) are in Hunterdon County. Mountainville is very small, kind of like Green Bank or Lower Bank.
What did they do at Waterloo? Was there a glassworks, a paper mill, or what? Do you know? I've been there, but it's been well over 20 years.
njvike said:
Barry,

Thanks, I seem to recognize more from South Jersey than I do of North Jersey. I can only attribute that to Father Beck.

I do recognize some of these North Jersey POs. WalPack is next to the Delaware on the Old Mine Road and Waterloo is about 15 minutes from my home.

Thanks for the info.
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