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Welcome to Bound Brook ...

Bound Brook is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bound Brook, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1800.

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

Area Codes for Bound Brook: 732 & 848<2>

The ZIP code for Bound Brook: 08805<3>

Communities Also Named Bound Brook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Jersey communities named Bound Brook: This one is located in Somerset County and the other is located in Camden County.

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

Communities near Bound Brook ...

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

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 Bound Brook. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bound Brook.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bound Brook. 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 Bound Brook.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bound Brook. See our Newspapers Page for Bound Brook.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bound Brook ...

Looking for more information about Bound Brook? 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 Bound Brook, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bound Brook.

Adding Bound Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Bound Brook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bound Brook post office opened in 1800.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bound Brook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Somerset, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 732 code has been Overlayed with the 848 area code. New phone numbers in the Bound Brook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 732 or 848. As a result, placing a call in the Bound Brook area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Bound Brook). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Bound Brook or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/