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Welcome to Jacobstown ...

Jacobstown is located in Burlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jacobstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1824.

Jacobstown is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jacobstown: 609 & 640<3>

Websites for Jacobstown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

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

Communities near Jacobstown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jacobstown ...

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

Adding Jacobstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jacobstown 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 Jacobstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Jacobstown post office opened in 1824.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jacobstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Burlington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jacobstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 609 code has been Overlayed with the 640 area code. New phone numbers in the Jacobstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Jacobstown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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