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Welcome to Dividing Creek ...

Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dividing Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1809.

A typical abbreviation for Dividing Creek: Dividing Crk. (or less commonly used: Dividing Ck. or Dividing Cr.)

Dividing Creek is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Dividing Creek: 856

The ZIP code for Dividing Creek: 08315<3>

Communities near Dividing Creek ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dividing Creek ...

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

Adding Dividing Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dividing Creek 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 Dividing Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Dividing Creek post office opened in 1809.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dividing Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dividing Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 Dividing Creek). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Dividing Creek or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/