Welcome to Bargaintown ...
Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bargaintown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1804.
Bargaintown is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Bargaintown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Bargaintown: 609 & 640<3>
Communities near Bargaintown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bargaintown.
- Atlantic City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasantville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Somers Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- Ventnor City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
- Absecon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brigantine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Margate City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Margate City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people
- Egg Harbor City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sea Isle City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Bargaintown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bargaintown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bargaintown. 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 Bargaintown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bargaintown. See our Newspapers Page for Bargaintown.
Adding Bargaintown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bargaintown 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 (so far) for Bargaintown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Bargaintown post office opened in 1804. The Bargaintown post office closed in 1913.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bargaintown.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Atlantic, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bargaintown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 609 code has been Overlayed with the 640 area code. New phone numbers in the Bargaintown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Bargaintown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |