Mauricetown, New Jersey | |
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 Mauricetown Academy building | |
  Mauricetown Location in Cumberland County  Mauricetown Location in New Jersey  Mauricetown Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°17′09″N 74°59′36″W / 39.28583°N 74.99333°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Cumberland |
| Township | Commercial |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.35 sq mi (6.08 km2) |
| • Land | 2.11 sq mi (5.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0.23 sq mi (0.61 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 403 |
| • Density | 190.81/sq mi (73.67/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 08329[4] |
| FIPS code | 34-44670[5] |
| GNIS feature ID | 878200[1] |
Mauricetown (pronounced "Morristown"[6]) is a census-designated place[7] and unincorporated community that is part of Commercial Township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][8][9]
The construction of County Route 649, a modern bypass road, has significantly reduced traffic through the community, resulting in a quiet, tranquil atmosphere with minimal automobile congestion. Mauricetown is a small, gridded town consisting of two main roads running east–west and three side streets running north–south, forming about 10 blocks of mostly residential buildings. The settlement is built on high ground overlooking the Maurice River, which supported Mauricetown's economic boom during the 19th century, when the community was active in coastal trade and shipbuilding. Mauricetown proper is surrounded on three sides by the grassy salt marshes, tidal flats, small creeks, and the Maurice River, and is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) upriver from the Delaware Bay. The building stock is mostly historic, with the large majority being houses built between 1790 and 1900. The Caesar Hoskins Log Cabin, one of the earliest buildings in Mauricetown and all of southern New Jersey, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[10]
The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08329. As of the 2020 United States census, the population for Mauricetown was 403.[3] in the 2010 census the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08329 was 221.[11]
- ^ a b c d "Mauricetown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Census Data Explorer: Mauricetown CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Mauricetown, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed February 5, 2018.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
- ^ Melisurgo, Len. "Here's the right way to pronounce 25 N.J. town names everyone botches", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 23, 2017. Accessed June 22, 2023. "Same rule for the Mauricetown section of Commercial Township in Cumberland County. It's pronounced just like Morristown."
- ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 25, 2022.
- ^ "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1894). Bulletin 118: A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 75. doi:10.3133/b118.
- ^ Urgo, Jacqueline L. "An evening of tracing South Jersey village's history - house by house", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 2016. Accessed February 5, 2018. "Mauricetown, N.J. - Usually around June, work begins on the honey-do lists in this tiny Cumberland County maritime village.... Also featured on the tour this year is the Caesar Hoskins House, owned by Deanna Arnold. The house, dating to the 1600s, is believed to be the oldest inhabited building in Commercial Township and one of the oldest in South Jersey."
- ^ DP-1; Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08329 Archived 2020-02-13 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 5, 2018.