Welcome to Lower Bank ...

Lower Bank is located in Burlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lower Bank, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Lower Bank is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lower Bank: 609 & 640<3>

Websites for Lower Bank ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

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

Communities near Lower Bank ...

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

• Atlantic City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
• Pleasantville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
• Hammonton
  (13 miles [20.9 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
• Ventnor City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
• Absecon
  (12 miles [19.3 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
• Brigantine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brigantine is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigantine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,577 people
• Northfield
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Northfield is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
• Linwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Linwood is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
• Washington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Washington is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
• Margate City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Margate City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people

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

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

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

Adding Lower Bank to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lower Bank post office opened in 1854. The Lower Bank post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lower Bank.