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Welcome to Tennent ...

Tennent is located in Monmouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tennent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Tennent is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tennent: 732 & 848<3>

The ZIP code for Tennent: 07763<4>

Websites for Tennent ...

Junior League:   www.jlmc.org/

Communities near Tennent ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tennent ...

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

Adding Tennent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tennent 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 Tennent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Tennent post office opened in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tennent.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Monmouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tennent - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 732 code has been Overlayed with the 848 area code. New phone numbers in the Tennent area will be assigned with one of these codes: 732 or 848. As a result, placing a call in the Tennent area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Tennent). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Tennent or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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/