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Daretown is an unincorporated community within Upper Pittsgrove Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2][3]

Daretown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°36′15″N 75°15′27″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Salem
Township	Upper Pittsgrove
Named for	Samuel Dare
Elevation [1]	41 m (135 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	875799[1]

Alloway Creek flows south of Daretown, while the Salem River flows to the north.

History

An early settler, Samuel Dare, opened a store in his house there, and also served as a church trustee. The settlement was named in his honor following his death in 1838.[4]

The historic Pittsgrove Baptist Church is located in Daretown, while the historic Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church is located southwest of Daretown.[4][5]

A depot of the Salem Railroad was erected in Daretown in 1863. The depot also served as the first post office. Daretown was a center for potato shipping from 1906 to 1923.[4]

A school was erected in 1876.[4]

By 1882, the population had grown to 250.[6]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Daretown
Google (January 25, 2015). "Daretown, Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
Locality Search, State of New Jersey
Elwell, Bonny Beth (2013). Upper Pittsgrove, Elmer, and Pittsgrove. Arcadia. pp. 9, 14, 16, 19. ISBN 9781467120289.
"History". Pittsgrove Presbyterian. Archived from the original on 2015-01-22.
Industries of New Jersey. Historical Publishing Company. 1882. p. 80. OL 24332547M.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Salem County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Salem
City	Salem	Map of New Jersey highlighting Salem County
Boroughs	Elmer Penns Grove Woodstown
Townships	Alloway Carneys Point Elsinboro Lower Alloways Creek Mannington Oldmans Pennsville Pilesgrove Pittsgrove Quinton Upper Pittsgrove
CDPs	Alloway Auburn Carneys Point Hancocks Bridge Olivet Pedricktown Pennsville Quinton
Other unincorporated communities	Aldine Biddles Landing Brotmanville Centerton Churchtown Daretown Deepwater Friendship Friesburg Helms Cove Laytons Lake Marshalltown Monroeville Norma Oakland Pecks Corner Penton Pine Tavern Pointers Remsterville Riddleton Whig Lane
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