Eayrestown, New Jersey

Eayrestown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Bridge Road in Eayrestown
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Coordinates: 39°56′42″N 74°47′25″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Burlington
Township	Lumberton
Elevation [1]	52 ft (16 m)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	876080[1]

Eayrestown is an unincorporated community located within Lumberton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[2] The settlement is named for Richard and Elizabeth Eayres, the first settlers of the site in the 1600s. It was also the first settlement in what is now Lumberton Township. The settlement, located along the South Branch Rancocas Creek, was the site of numerous saw and gristmills early in its history and a picnic grove that attracted people from around the area.^[3] Today, numerous farms and housing developments dot the area.^[4]

References

1. "Eayrestown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 16, 2015.
3. "Our History – Lumberton Township". Lumberton Township. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
4. "Aerial view of Eayrestown" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 14, 2016.