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Do you know of Carteret ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Carteret. 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 Carteret.<1>

Our sources for Carteret (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 Carteret other than they indicate that Carteret would be found somewhere in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Carteret ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in  Middlesex 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 Middlesex County.

AmboyLincoln
ArborLivingston Park
ArborsLower Jamesburgh
 Lynn Oaks
Bloomfield Terrace 
BloomfieldMarconnier
Bound Brook HeightsMcDonoughs
Brainy BoroMelton
BrightsMetuchen
 Middlesex
Camp KilmerMillstone
Central ParkMilltown
Ceramics 
Clay BankNew Brunswick Heights
Colonial GardensNixon Park
CranberryNorth Brunswick
Cranbury CenterNorth Edison
  
Donaldson ParkPerty Amboy
DunellenPiscatawaytown
Durham ParkPresident Park
Durham 
 Raritan Junction
East Bound BrookRoberts'
 Roosevelt
Genasco 
GenoaSayre Woods South
 Sayreville
Halls CornersShore Crest
HarrisonSouth Brunswick
HeatherwoodSouth Plainfield
Helmetta ParkSouth River
HelmettaSpa Springs
Herberts CornerSpotswood
HeydenStephenville
Hilltop TerraceSuche's
Hoffman's 
HoutenvilleTriangle Center
  
Keasbey HeightsValley
Keasbeys 
 Washington
Lake NelsonWhiteheads
Lake RidgeWoodbridge Junction
Lawrence BrookWrights
Leisure WorldWynnewood

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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