Do you know of Deckertown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Deckertown. 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 Deckertown.

Our sources for Deckertown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Deckertown other than they indicate that Deckertown would be found somewhere in Sussex County, New Jersey.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1816 and closed  in 1901.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Deckertown ...

We found three communities that share the name Deckertown.

Within New Jersey, the name Deckertown is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Schuyler County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Deckertown [Schuyler County].
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Deckertown [Sullivan County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Susquehanna County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Deckertown [Susquehanna County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Deckertown ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Deckertown - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Sussex 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 Sussex County.