Pluckemin, New Jersey

Pluckemin, New Jersey
Census-designated place
Pluckemin Inn
Pluckemin Inn
Pluckemin is located in Somerset County, New Jersey
Pluckemin
Pluckemin
Location in Somerset County
Pluckemin is located in New Jersey
Pluckemin
Pluckemin
Location in New Jersey
Pluckemin is located in the United States
Pluckemin
Pluckemin
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°38′44″N 74°38′21″W / 40.64556°N 74.63917°W / 40.64556; -74.63917
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountySomerset
TownshipBedminster
Area
[1]
 • Total0.70 sq mi (1.80 km2)
 • Land0.69 sq mi (1.80 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
184 ft (56 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total359
 • Density518.04/sq mi (199.93/km2)
FIPS code34-59730[4]
GNIS feature ID879376[2]

Pluckemin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located within Bedminster Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[6] It was also known historically as Pluckamin.[2][7] It was the site of several historic events during the American Revolutionary War.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Pluckemin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Census Data Explorer: Pluckemin CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  7. ^ Samuel Parry (1912). "The Origin of the Name 'Pluckemin'". In Honeyman, A. Van Doren (ed.). Somerset County Historical Quarterly. Vol. 1. p. 196.