Welcome to Perrineville ...

Perrineville is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Perrineville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Perrineville is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Perrineville ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Perrineville ...

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

• Trenton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Trenton is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
• New Brunswick
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
• South Amboy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • South Amboy is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amboy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
• Morrisville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Morrisville is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <3>
• Bordentown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bordentown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordentown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,794 people
• Clearbrook Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
• Concordia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Concordia is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
• Cranbury Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
• Imlaystown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
• Sharon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sharon is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Perrineville ...

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

Adding Perrineville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Perrineville post office opened in 1837.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Perrineville.