Welcome to Jenkins ...

Jenkins is located in Burlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jenkins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Jenkins is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jenkins: 609 & 640<3>

Communities Also Named Jenkins ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Jenkins - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada (2), New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas (2).

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

Websites for Jenkins ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

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

Communities near Jenkins ...

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

• Hammonton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hammonton is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
• Absecon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Absecon is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
• Egg Harbor City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
• Port Republic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Port Republic is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Republic
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,051 people
• Speedwell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Speedwell is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
• Wading River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wading River is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
• Green Bank
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Bank is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
• Batsto Village ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Batsto Village is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batsto Village
  • Batsto Village has also been known as:
  • Batsto
• Chatsworth
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
• New Gretna
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Gretna is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gretna

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

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

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

Adding Jenkins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jenkins 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 Jenkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jenkins post office opened in 1893. The Jenkins post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jenkins.