Welcome to Stanton ...

Stanton is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

The location of Stanton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stanton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

Stanton is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Stanton: (908)

Websites for Stanton ...

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

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

Communities Also Named Stanton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Stanton - they are located in Alabama, Arizona (2), California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska (2), North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stanton.

Communities near Stanton ...

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

• Hackettstown
  (19 miles [30.6 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
• Lambertville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville
  • Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
• Clinton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• New Hope
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hope <4>
• Riegelsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riegelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riegelsville
  • Riegelsville is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riegelsville <4>
• Flemington
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flemington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
  • Flemington is located in Hunterdon County
• Whitehouse Station
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station
  • Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County
• Whitehouse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
  • Whitehouse is located in Hunterdon County
• Annandale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annandale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
  • Annandale is located in Hunterdon County
• Pittstown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
  • Pittstown 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 Stanton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stanton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stanton ...

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

Adding Stanton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stanton 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 Stanton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Stanton post office opened in 1849.

We also found Stanton in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stanton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stanton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/