Welcome to Waretown ...
Waretown is located in Ocean County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Waretown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.
Waretown is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Waretown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Waretown: 609 & 640<3>
Websites for Waretown ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.oc-chamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Waretown, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Waretown ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waretown.
- Ocean Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Acres
- Ocean Acres is located in Ocean County
- Double Trouble ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
- Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
- Manahawkin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manahawkin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manahawkin
- Manahawkin is located in Ocean County
- Beach Haven West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach Haven West have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven West
- Beach Haven West is located in Ocean County
- Mayetta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayetta
- Mayetta is located in Ocean County
- North Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
- North Beach is located in Ocean County
- Dover Forge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Forge
- Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
- Eagleswood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagleswood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleswood Village
- Eagleswood Village is located in Ocean County
- Staffordville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staffordville
- Staffordville is located in Ocean County
- Holiday Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Holiday Heights is located in Ocean 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 Waretown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waretown.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waretown. 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 Waretown.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waretown. See our Newspapers Page for Waretown.
Adding Waretown to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Waretown 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 Waretown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Waretown post office opened in 1874.
We also found Waretown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Waretown.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Waretown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Ocean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waretown - 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 Waretown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 609 or 640. As a result, placing a call in the Waretown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |