Penny Pot is an unincorporated community within the borough of Folsom in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2]
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Coordinates: 39°34′19″N 74°49′20″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Atlantic |
Borough | Folsom |
Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 879222[1] |
English settlers arrived in 1686 and named the settlement "Penny Pot" because it resembled the English countryside.[3] The Hospitality Branch flows into the Great Egg Harbor River at Penny Pot, and a dam was built made of timbers salvaged from the hull of a British ship pirated during the Revolutionary War.[4] The settlement was a group of houses around a tavern of the same name, and was described in 1915 as, "a settlement of other years, one large house remaining".[5]
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County seat: Mays Landing | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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