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Do you know of Spring Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Spring Lake. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Spring Lake.

Our sources for Spring Lake (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Spring Lake other than they indicate that Spring Lake would be found somewhere in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Spring Lake ...

We found 35 communities that share the name Spring Lake.

Within New Jersey, the name Spring Lake is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Spring Lake.
    • Arkansas
      • Garland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Spring Lake [Garland County].
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Spring Lake [Sussex County].
    • Florida
      • Hernando County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Spring Lake [Hernando County].
      • Highlands County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Spring Lake [Highlands County].
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Spring Lake [Muscogee County].
      • Rabun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Spring Lake [Rabun County].
    • Illinois
      • Champaign County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Spring Lake [Champaign County].
      • DuPage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Spring Lake [DuPage County].
      • Tazewell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Spring Lake [Tazewell County].
    • Indiana
      • Hancock County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Spring Lake [Hancock County].
    • Kansas
      • Meade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring Lake [Meade County].
      • Pottawatomie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring Lake [Pottawatomie County].
      • Riley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring Lake [Riley County].
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Spring Lake [Claiborne Parish].
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Spring Lake [Somerset County].
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Spring Lake [Ottawa County].
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Spring Lake [Isanti County].
      • Itasca County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Spring Lake [Itasca County].
      • Scott County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Spring Lake [Scott County].
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Spring Lake [Cayuga County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Spring Lake [Cumberland County].
      • Mecklenburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Spring Lake [Mecklenburg County].
      • Wilson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Spring Lake [Wilson County].
    • Ohio
      • Williams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spring Lake [Williams County].
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Spring Lake [Klamath County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Spring Lake [Kent County].
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Spring Lake [Kershaw County].
      • Lexington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Spring Lake [Lexington County].
      • Spartanburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Spring Lake [Spartanburg County].
      • Sumter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Spring Lake [Sumter County].
    • South Dakota
      • Kingsbury County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Spring Lake [Kingsbury County].
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Spring Lake [Shelby County].
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Spring Lake [Utah County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Waushara County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Spring Lake [Waushara County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spring Lake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Spring Lake:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Spring Lake - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in  Monmouth County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Monmouth County.

AllenhurstLake Como
Allen'sLakeview
AllentownLittle Silver
Asbury GardensLong Branch City
Atlantic HighlandsLorillard Beach
AtlanticLorillard
Avon-by-the-Sea 
AvonManasquan Shores
 Manasquan
BairdMarlboro Village
Bay ViewMatawan
Belmar GardensMilhurst
Black MillsMonmouth Beach
Bradley BeachMonmouth Heights
BrielleMonmouth Junction
 Monmouth Park
Campbell's Junction 
Cedar BeachNew Shrewsbury
Cliffwood StationNorth Asbury Park
Clover Hill 
CoburghOak Shades
Colonial TerraceOcean Beach
ComoOcean Port
Coxes CornerOcean
 Oceanport
DavisOld Manor
Deal Beach 
DealPleasure Bay
Dupont 
 Red Bank
EatontownRiver Plaza
EnglishtownRumson Beach
  
Fair HavenSandy Hook Pier
FarmingdaleSandy Hook
Fort MonmouthSea Girt
FreeholdSeabright
 Shafto Corners
Harmony ParkShark River
Highland BeachSouth
HighlandsSpring Lake Beach
Highview ParkSuburban
Hollywood 
Holmdel VillageTinton Falls
HoppingTracey's
HowellTurkey
  
Ideal BeachUpper Freehold
Indian Springs 
InterlakenWall
 West Long Branch
KeansburgWest Ocean Grove
Key EastWestboro
Keyport 
 Yellow Brook

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Spring Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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