Penton, New Jersey

Penton, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Penton, New Jersey Penton's location in Salem County (Inset: Salem County in New Jersey) Show map of Salem County, New Jersey Penton, New Jersey Penton, New Jersey (New Jersey) Show map of New Jersey Penton, New Jersey Penton, New Jersey (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 39°34′42″N75°24′06″W / 39.57833°N 75.40167°W / 39.57833; -75.40167
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Salem
Township	Alloway
Named after	Daniel or Abner Penton
Elevation	33 ft (10 m)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	879226 [1]

Penton is an unincorporated community located within Alloway Township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^[2] The community is the site of the historic Penton Chapel. ^{[3] [4]}

History

William Penton received 500 acres (200 ha) of land from John Fenwick. William and Daniel Penton lived on a section of this land. The area was later named after a Penton family member (either Daniel or Abner), and was known as Penton Abbey, Pentonville, and Penton. ^[5] Burton Penton, who died there around 1795, stated Guineatown was the name of the village. His granddaughter suggested the name Penton when the post office was established. ^[6]

The village was known for its brickyards. Some early ones were established by Jacob Thackra, John Bee, and Smith B. Sickler. ^{[7] [8]}

An 1834 survey suggested the town was mostly inhabited by African Americans. ^[9]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penton, New Jersey
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey.
3. Penton Chapel
4. Penton Chapel, New Jersey Churcscape
5. Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed November 14, 2015.
6. Place Names of Salem County N.J., West Jersey History Project
7. The Clay-worker, Volumes 41-42
8. "Towns and County Names, Visit Salem County NJ". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
9. Gordon, Thomas Francis (1834). "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map".