Welcome to Feltville ...

So far, we found very little information about Feltville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Feltville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Feltville, please Contact Us.

Feltville would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Feltville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Time Zone: The area where Feltville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Feltville ...

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

• Newark
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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  • Newark is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newark
  • From Feltville to Newark
• Jersey City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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  • Jersey City is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Jersey City
  • From Feltville to Jersey City
• Paterson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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  • Paterson is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Feltville to Paterson
• Elizabeth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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  • Elizabeth is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Feltville to Elizabeth
• Clifton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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  • Clifton is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
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  • From Feltville to Clifton
• Passaic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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  • Passaic is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Feltville to Passaic
• Bayonne
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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  • Bayonne is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
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  • From Feltville to Bayonne
• East Orange
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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  • East Orange is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Feltville to East Orange
• New Brunswick
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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  • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
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  • From Feltville to New Brunswick
• Hoboken
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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  • Hoboken is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Feltville to Hoboken

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

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

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

Adding Feltville to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Feltville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Feltville post office opened in 1851.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Feltville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Union County: www.unioncountynj.org/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/