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Welcome to Wading River ...

Wading River is located in Burlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wading River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Wading River: Wading Riv.

Wading River is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wading River: 609 & 640<3>

Communities Also Named Wading River ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wading River - it's located in New York.

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

Websites for Wading River ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bccoc.com/

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

Communities near Wading River ...

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

  • Atlantic City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Pleasantville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hammonton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ventnor City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
  • Absecon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Brigantine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Northfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Northfield is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
  • Linwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Washington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Washington is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
  • Margate City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Margate City is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people

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

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

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

Adding Wading River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wading River 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 Wading River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wading River post office opened in 1858. The Wading River post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wading River.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Burlington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wading River - 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 609 code has been Overlayed with the 640 area code. New phone numbers in the Wading River area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Wading River area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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/