Buckshutem, New Jersey

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Buckshutem, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 39°19′08″N75°00′46″W / 39.31889°N 75.01278°W / 39.31889; -75.01278
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Cumberland
Township Commercial
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
Area code 856
GNIS feature ID875011 [1]

Buckshutem is an unincorporated community located within Commercial Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] The community is situated near Buckshutem Creek, nearby Laurel Lake. The name "Buckshutem" is of Native American origin; though others say that the name is derived from the creek's rapid flow of water as it empties into the brisk wake of the Maurice River, producing a cross current that causes a boat to "buck and shoot" through that section. [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckshutem, New Jersey
  2. Beck, Henry Charlton (1963). More Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   9780813504322.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  4. Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office via Google Books.
  5. Debra A. Barsotti. "Maurice River Recollections Project". Citizens United. Retrieved July 8, 2012.