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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Plainfield is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
• Morristown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Morristown is located in Morris County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
• Clinton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• Belvidere
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Belvidere is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
• Allerton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
  • Allerton is located in Hunterdon County
• Annandale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annandale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
  • Annandale is located in Hunterdon County
• Readingsburg
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readingsburg
  • Readingsburg is located in Hunterdon County
• Califon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon
  • Califon is located in Hunterdon County
• Farmersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Farmersville is located in Hunterdon 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 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 for Potterstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

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

We also found Potterstown on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potterstown.