Tennent, New Jersey

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Tennent, New Jersey
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Location of Tennent in Monmouth County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Tennent (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°16′46″N74°20′04″W / 40.27944°N 74.33444°W / 40.27944; -74.33444
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Monmouth
Township Manalapan
Named for William Tennent
Elevation
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89 ft (27 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
07763 [2]
Area code(s) 732/848
GNIS feature ID881132 [1]

Tennent is an unincorporated community located within Manalapan Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [3] Considered to be the historical center of Manalapan Township, Tennent is home to the Old Tennent Church and Old Tennent Cemetery. William Tennent (the church and area's namesake) served as pastor at the church for over 40 years. [4] Tennent was also the center of a historic community of African Americans dating back to the early nineteenth century. [5] The location of Tennent is located at the modern intersection of County Route 522 and Tennent Road (CR 3) and is near the limits of Monmouth Battlefield State Park. [6]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Tennent include:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tennent". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Tennent ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 6, 2015.
  4. Randall Gabrielan (1998). Monmouth County, New Jersey. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   0-7385-6220-3 . Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  5. Walter Greason (2010). The Path to Freedom: Black Families in New Jersey. The History Press. ISBN   978-1-59629-992-4 . Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  6. "Aerial view of Tennent" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  7. Herron, Elizabeth; and Warnock-Weiner, Nancy. "Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers University Office of the Secretary (Carl Raymond Woodward), 1928-1943", Rutgers University, May 2002. Accessed February 2, 2022. "Dr. Carl Raymond Woodward was born July 20, 1890, in Tennent, New Jersey. He attended Freehold High School in New Jersey, graduating in 1906."