Squankum, New Jersey
Populated place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note: This article is about the unincorporated area in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Squankum is also the former name of Williamstown, New Jersey.
Squankum (Lenape for "place of evil ghosts" or "place where evil spirits dwell"[2]) is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5][6] The name Squankum was used for a town in Gloucester County, which was changed to present day Williamstown (see note above), due to postal regulations that prohibited the two towns from having the same name.
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Squankum, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°09′58″N 74°09′14″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Monmouth |
Township | Howell |
Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 880830[1] |
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