Penny Pot is an unincorporated community within the borough of Folsom in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2]
Penny Pot, New Jersey | |
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  Penny Pot Location in Atlantic County (Inset: Atlantic County in New Jersey)  Penny Pot Penny Pot (New Jersey)  Penny Pot Penny Pot (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°34′19″N 74°49′20″W / 39.57194°N 74.82222°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Borough | Folsom |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 879222[1] |
History
editEnglish settlers arrived in 1686 and named the settlement "Penny Pot" because it resembled the English countryside.[3] The Hospitality Branch flows into the Great Egg Harbor River at Penny Pot, and a dam was built made of timbers salvaged from the hull of a British ship pirated during the Revolutionary War.[4] The settlement was a group of houses around a tavern of the same name, and was described in 1915 as, "a settlement of other years, one large house remaining".[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penny Pot
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ Cawley, James S.; Cawley, Margaret (1993). Exploring the Little Rivers of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780813520131.
- ^ John, McPhee (2011). The Pine Barrens. Macmillan. ISBN 9780374708672.
- ^ Early History of Atlantic County, New Jersey. Atlantic County Historical Society. 1915. pp. 163–164.
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