Welcome to Georgetown ...

Georgetown is located in Burlington County<1>.

The location of Georgetown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Georgetown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1847.

Georgetown is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Websites for Georgetown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Georgetown, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Georgetown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 109 communities that are also named Georgetown - they are located in Alabama (5), Alaska, Alberta, Arkansas (3), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (7), Idaho, Illinois (3), Indiana (6), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska (2), New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador (3), North Carolina (6), Ohio (9), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7), Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia (4) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Georgetown ...

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

• Trenton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Mercer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
• Burlington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Burlington is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
• Bristol
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Bristol is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,573 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <4>
• Morrisville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
  • Bordentown is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
• Riverton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Riverton is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
• Yardley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yardley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardley
  • Yardley is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,506 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yardley <4>
• Beverly
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Beverly is located in Burlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
• Newtown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Newtown is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,230 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <4>
• Penndel
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penndel
  • Penndel is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,196 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penndel <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Georgetown ...

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

Adding Georgetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Georgetown 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 Georgetown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Georgetown post office opened in 1847.

We also found Georgetown in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Georgetown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Georgetown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Burlington County: www.co.burlington.nj.us/

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