Pointers, New Jersey

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Pointers, New Jersey
2021-05-05 16 39 35 View east along Salem County Route 540 (Pointers-Auburn Road) at New Jersey State Route 45 (Salem-Woodstown Road) in Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey.jpg
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Pointers, New Jersey
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Pointers, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°35′38″N75°26′43″W / 39.59389°N 75.44528°W / 39.59389; -75.44528 Coordinates: 39°35′38″N75°26′43″W / 39.59389°N 75.44528°W / 39.59389; -75.44528
Country United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Salem
Township Mannington
Elevation
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23 ft (7 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID879399 [1]

Pointers is an unincorporated community within Mannington Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. [1] [2]

The settlement was named "Pointers", or "The Pointers", because it was located at the intersection of three old roads [3] —Salem Woodstown Road (Route 45), Pointers Auburn Road (County Route 540), and Pointers Sharptown Road (County Route 620)—which "pointed" toward Salem. [4] [5] [6]

The Salem Medical Center is located at Pointers. [5] The "Pointers intersection" was identified in Mannington Township's 2010 Master Plan as one of two commercial districts to be developed. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pointers
  2. "Local Names". State of New Jersey. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. "West Jersey History Project - Place Names of Salem County N.J. by Josephine Jaquett and Elmer VanName". www.westjerseyhistory.org. The juncture of highways north of Salem where the road divides to Woodstown, Sharptown and Penn's Neck.
  4. New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past. Viking. 1939. p. 631. ISBN   9781603540292.
  5. 1 2 "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Salem" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  6. "Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey". New Jersey Legislature. 1852. Retrieved March 21, 2022. ...the junction of the roads from Woodstown, Sharpstown, and Sculltown to Salem (commonly called the Pointers)...,
  7. Caton, Philip B.; Specca, Lisa Y. (2010). "Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan" (PDF). Mannington Township.