Welcome to Nesco ...
Nesco is located in Atlantic County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Nesco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
Nesco is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Nesco lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Nesco: 609 & 640<3>
Communities near Nesco ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nesco.
- Pleasantville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hammonton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Absecon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Egg Harbor City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Port Republic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Da Costa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Da Costa is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Da Costa
- Weekstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Nesco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nesco.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nesco. 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 Nesco.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nesco. See our Newspapers Page for Nesco.
Adding Nesco to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Nesco 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 Nesco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Nesco post office opened in 1889. The Nesco post office closed in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Nesco.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Atlantic, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nesco - 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 Nesco area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Nesco area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |