Welcome to Quakertown ...

Quakertown is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

The location of Quakertown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quakertown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

Quakertown is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Quakertown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Quakertown: (908)

Websites for Quakertown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Quakertown, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Quakertown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Jersey communities named Quakertown: This one is located in Hunterdon County and the other is located in Sussex County.

Beyond New Jersey, there are 8 communities that are also named Quakertown - they are located in Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quakertown.

Communities near Quakertown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quakertown.

• Easton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
  • Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <4>
• Phillipsburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Phillipsburg is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
• Wilson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Wilson is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,784 people
• Lambertville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville
  • Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
• Clinton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• Belvidere
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Belvidere is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
• New Hope
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hope <4>
• Dublin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Dublin is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
• West Easton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Easton
  • West Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,247 people
• Riegelsville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riegelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riegelsville
  • Riegelsville is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riegelsville <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Quakertown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quakertown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quakertown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quakertown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quakertown ...

Looking for more information about Quakertown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Quakertown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Quakertown.

Adding Quakertown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quakertown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Quakertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Quakertown post office opened in 1828.

We also found Quakertown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quakertown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Quakertown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/