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Penns Neck or Penn's Neck may refer to:
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- 1 2 Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 216. Accessed December 11, 2012.