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Welcome to Hurdtown ...

Hurdtown is located in Morris County<1>.

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

Hurdtown is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Hurdtown ...

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

  • Morristown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dover is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
  • Hackettstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Boonton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Newton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Borough of Essex Fells
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells
    • Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
  • Essex Fells
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Essex Fells is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
  • Hilltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopatcong Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Mohawk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Mohawk is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hurdtown ...

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

Adding Hurdtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hurdtown 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 Hurdtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Hurdtown post office opened in 1851. The Hurdtown post office closed in 1872.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurdtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Morris, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hurdtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/