Carrs Tavern, New Jersey

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Carrs Tavern, New Jersey
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CR 526 and 571 at Burnt Tavern Road
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Carrs Tavern
Location in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Carrs Tavern (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°10′17″N74°25′18″W / 40.17139°N 74.42167°W / 40.17139; -74.42167
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Monmouth
Township Millstone
Elevation
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167 ft (51 m)
GNIS feature ID875220 [1]

Carrs Tavern is an unincorporated community in Millstone Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] [2] It is located at the intersection of County Route 526 and County Route 571.

Author Caren Lissner wrote about the settlement in her essay A Rumble and a Scream: "I took Carrs Tavern Road (though I couldn't find the tavern)." [3] :52

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carrs Tavern
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  3. Lissner, Caren (2007). Reyn, Irina (ed.). A Rumble and a Scream. Simon & Schuster. p. 52. ISBN   9781416545637.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)