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:''Not to be confused with [[Penn's Neck Township, New Jersey|Penn's Neck Township]], a municipality in [[Salem County, New Jersey|Salem County]] which no longer exists''.
'''Penns Neck''' is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] located within [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor Township]] in [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], [[New Jersey]], United States.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of New Jersey. Accessed January 9, 2015.</ref> The community developed at the intersection of the [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike]] and [[County Route 571 (New Jersey)|Washington Road]].<ref>[http://www.westwindsornj.org/history.html History], [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey]]. Accessed October 6, 2016. "Today, West Windsor can still identify the six farming villages that were a part of the area:... Penns Neck – on either side of Washington Road east of Route One"</ref><ref name="Google">{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.332222,-74.636944&hl=en&ll=40.332282,-74.636993&spn=0.014476,0.033023&t=m&z=16|title=Penns Neck, New Jersey|accessdate=January 25, 2015}}</ref> The [[Penns Neck Circle]] and the historic [[Penns Neck Baptist Church]] are both located in Penns Neck. The [[Princeton Branch]], known as the Dinky, runs through the area, and stopped at [[Penns Neck (PRR station)|Penns Neck station]] until January 1971.<ref>Baer, Christopher T. [http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1971.pdf "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, its Predecessors and Successors and its Historical Context: 1971"], April 2015 edition. Accessed October 6, 2016. "Jan. 30, 1971 Last day of passenger service at Penns Neck station on Princeton Branch."</ref>
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