Populated place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
Jerseyville is an
unincorporated community located within
Howell Township in
Monmouth County , in the
U.S. state of
New Jersey .
[2]
[3] It is primarily a
rural area within the northern part of the township, near
Colts Neck and
Freehold .
[4]
Route 33 Business travels through Jerseyville, with some development, including a gas station, a convenience store, a church, and several residences.
Originally known as Green Grove , the area's name was changed by residents to Jerseyville in 1854.
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References
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b
"Jerseyville" .
Geographic Names Information System .
United States Geological Survey ,
United States Department of the Interior .
^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895).
"A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey" . U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
^
Locality Search , State of New Jersey. Accessed February 26, 2015.
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Federal Writers' Project (2007).
New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past . US History Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-60354-029-2 . Retrieved August 8, 2010 .
^ McKee, Catherine.
"Howell History: 1801 to 1967" , Friends of the Howell Library, Fall 2018. Accessed July 1, 2019. "5. Jerseyville is located in the northwest corner of Howell. It was a small hamlet originally called Green Grove. In 1854, the inhabitants met to choose a new name and they voted to call this section Jerseyville instead."