Whig Lane, New Jersey
Populated place in Salem County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
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Whig Lane is an unincorporated community located within Upper Pittsgrove Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2] It is located approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) east of Woodstown.
The settlement is named for an altercation which occurred there in 1769 between Tories and Whigs.[3] Around that time—prior to the American Revolution—one part of the settlement was also called "Tory Lane".[4]
Whig Lane had a post office in 1897.[1]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whig Lane
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 15, 2015.
- ^ Elwell, Bonny Beth (2013). Upper Pittsgrove, Elmer, and Pittsgrove. Arcadia. p. 8. ISBN 9781467120289.
- ^ New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past. Viking. 1939. p. 654. ISBN 9781603540292.
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