Do you know of Bacons Neck ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bacons Neck. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bacons Neck.

We found mention of Bacons Neck as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cumberland County, New Jersey.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bacons Neck ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bacons Neck:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bacons Neck - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Bacons Neck.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 34/02560   (Place Name: Bacons Neck)

County: Cumberland     (FIPS State/County: 34/011)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Bacons Neck) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Cumberland County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cumberland County.