Welcome to Holmeson ...

Holmeson is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holmeson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Holmeson is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Holmeson ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Holmeson ...

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

• Trenton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Trenton is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
• Morrisville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Morrisville is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <3>
• Bordentown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bordentown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
• Imlaystown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
• Van Hiseville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville
• Vista Center
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
• Colliers Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills
• Cream Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
• Hornerstown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
• Manalapan
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Manalapan is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manalapan

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holmeson ...

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

Adding Holmeson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holmeson 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 (so far) for Holmeson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Holmeson post office opened in 1904. The Holmeson post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holmeson.