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Welcome to Lower Squankum ...

Lower Squankum is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lower Squankum, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

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

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

Websites for Lower Squankum ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Lower Squankum ...

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

  • Long Branch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
  • Asbury Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
    • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
  • Neptune City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
    • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
    • Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
  • Loch Arbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
    • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Herbertsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Herbertsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
    • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
  • Williams
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
    • Williams is located in Ocean County
  • Winding River Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding River Village
    • Winding River Village is located in Ocean County
  • Lakewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
    • Lakewood is located in Ocean County
  • Arrowhead Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Village
    • Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lower Squankum ...

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

Adding Lower Squankum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lower Squankum 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 Lower Squankum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lower Squankum post office opened in 1849.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Monmouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lower Squankum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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