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Welcome to Potterstown ...

Potterstown is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Potterstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Potterstown is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Potterstown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

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

Communities near Potterstown ...

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

  • Plainfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
  • Morristown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
    • Morristown has also been known as:
    • New Hanover
    • West Hanover
  • Hackettstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
  • Clinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
  • Belvidere
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Belvidere is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
  • Allerton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Allerton is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
  • Annandale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Annandale is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
  • Readingsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Readingsburg is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readingsburg
  • Califon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Califon is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon
  • Farmersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Potterstown ...

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

Adding Potterstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Potterstown 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 Potterstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Potterstown post office opened in 1861. The Potterstown post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potterstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Hunterdon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Potterstown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/