Squankum, New Jersey

Squankum, New Jersey
Squankum is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Squankum
Squankum
Location of Squankum in Monmouth County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Squankum is located in New Jersey
Squankum
Squankum
Squankum (New Jersey)
Squankum is located in the United States
Squankum
Squankum
Squankum (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°09′58″N 74°09′14″W / 40.16611°N 74.15389°W / 40.16611; -74.15389
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMonmouth
TownshipHowell
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID880830[1]

Squankum (Lenape for "place of evil ghosts" or "place where evil spirits dwell"[2]) is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5][6] The name Squankum was used for a town in Gloucester County, which was changed to present day Williamstown (see note above), due to postal regulations that prohibited the two towns from having the same name.

  1. ^ a b "Squankum". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Roncace, Kelly. "Williamstown traces name back to Lenni-Lenape", Gloucester County Times, March 4, 2012. Accessed November 25, 2017. "The Native Americans referred to the area as Squankum — meaning 'place of evil ghosts' or 'place where evil spirits dwell.' It is thought that the “evil ghosts” might refer to the many mosquitos found in the area."
  3. ^ Gordon, Thomas Francis (1834). "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map".
  4. ^ Tova Navarra, Tova Navarra (1996), Howell and Farmingdale: A Social and Cultural History, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9780738563763
  5. ^ "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 4, 2015.