Do you know of Hurd ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hurd. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hurd.<1>

We found mention of Hurd as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Morris County, New Jersey.

Communities Also Named Hurd ...

We found five communities that share the name Hurd.

Within New Jersey, the name Hurd is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hurd [Benton County].
- Louisiana
  - Washington Parish
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hurd [Washington Parish].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hurd [Aroostook County].
- New York
  - Sullivan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hurd [Sullivan County].
- North Dakota
  - Bottineau County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Hurd [Bottineau County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hurd ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hurd:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hurd - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hurd.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 34/33570 (Place Name: Hurd)

County: Morris (FIPS State/County: 34/027)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Morris County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Morris County.

Bartleyville	Lower Berkshire Valley
Beavertown
Beechwood Heights	Madison
Bernard	McCainsville
Bertrand Island	Mendham
Bottle Hill	Milburn
Brooklyn	Minnisink
	Monroe - Cedar Knoll
Callahans	Morris County Junction
Carys	Morris Plains
Cedar Lake	Mount Arlington
Chatham	Mount Hope Mineral Junction
Chester Junction	Mount Pleasant
Chester	Mount Tabor
Cliffdale Park
Collinsville	Netcong
Convent Station
Convent	Oak Ridge Lake
Cozy Lake	Old Forge Village

Dover Forge	Pequanac
Dover Hills	Piccatenny
Drakesville Station	Port Morris Junction
Drakesville	Port Oram

Espanong	Rainbow Lakes
Estling Lake	Randolph
	Richard Mine
Ferremont Junction	River Dale
Florham Park	River Edge
	Riverdale - Pompton
German Valley	Riverdale
Glacier Hills	Rock Ridge Lake
Glen View	Rockaway Neck
Golf Hill	Rockaway
Green Hut Park	Roxbury

Hatham	Sedgefield
Hibernia Junction	Stanley
Hibernia Mines	Stony Brook
Hopatcong Junction	Succasunna - Kenvil
Hopatcong	Suckasunny
Horton	Sunrise Park
	Swannanoa
Indian Lake
	Teabo
Lake Denmark
Lake Forest	Upper Berkshire Valley
Lake Intervale
Lake Shawnee	Walnut Grove
Lake Stockholm	Washington
Lake Swannanoa	Waterloo Station
Lincoln Park	Waterville
Longwood Lake	White Hall

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hurd could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.