Welcome to Cream Ridge ...
Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cream Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.
A typical abbreviation for Cream Ridge: Cream Rdg. (or less commonly used: Cream Rdge. or Cream Ridg.)
Cream Ridge is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Cream Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Cream Ridge: 609 & 640<3>
Communities Also Named Cream Ridge ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cream Ridge - it's located in Missouri.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cream Ridge.
Websites for Cream Ridge ...
Junior League: www.jlmc.org/
Communities near Cream Ridge ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cream Ridge.
- Trenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Morrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Morrisville is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,490 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <4>
- Bordentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yardley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tullytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tullytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullytown
- Tullytown is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- New Egypt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon is located in Monmouth County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sharon
- From Cream Ridge to Sharon
- Jacobstown
(5 miles [8 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 Cream Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cream Ridge.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cream Ridge. 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 Cream Ridge.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cream Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Cream Ridge.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cream Ridge ...
Looking for more information about Cream Ridge? 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 Cream Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cream Ridge.
Adding Cream Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Cream Ridge post office opened in 1874.
We also found Cream Ridge in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cream Ridge.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Monmouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cream Ridge - 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 Cream Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Cream Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |