Squankum, New Jersey

Squankum (Lenape for "place of evil ghosts" or "place where evil spirits dwell"[2]) is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4][5][6] The name Squankum was used for a town in Gloucester County, which was changed to present day Williamstown (see note above), due to postal regulations that prohibited the two towns from having the same name.

Note: This article is about the unincorporated area in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Squankum is also the former name of Williamstown, New Jersey.
Squankum, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Squankum, New Jersey
Location of Squankum in Monmouth County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Squankum, New Jersey
Squankum, New Jersey (New Jersey)
Squankum, New Jersey
Squankum, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°09′58″N 74°09′14″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMonmouth
TownshipHowell
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID880830[1]

Description

Located within Howell Township, Squankum is near Allaire State Park. Major county roads in Squankum include 524 and 547. Interstate 195 provides access to Squankum, along with its neighboring town, Farmingdale, via exit 31B.

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See also

References
  1. "Squankum". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Roncace, Kelly. "Williamstown traces name back to Lenni-Lenape", Gloucester County Times, March 4, 2012. Accessed November 25, 2017. "The Native Americans referred to the area as Squankum — meaning 'place of evil ghosts' or 'place where evil spirits dwell.' It is thought that the “evil ghosts” might refer to the many mosquitos found in the area."
  3. 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".
  4. Tova Navarra, Tova Navarra (1996), Howell and Farmingdale: A Social and Cultural History, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9780738563763
  5. "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  6. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 4, 2015.


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