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Pinkneyville, New Jersey

Coordinates: 41°02′47″N 74°41′33″W / 41.04639°N 74.69250°W / 41.04639; -74.69250
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Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey is located in Sussex County, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Location within Sussex County. Inset: Location of Sussex County in the state of New Jersey.
Pinkneyville, New Jersey is located in New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey (New Jersey)
Pinkneyville, New Jersey is located in the United States
Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey
Pinkneyville, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°02′47″N 74°41′33″W / 41.04639°N 74.69250°W / 41.04639; -74.69250
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountySussex
TownshipAndover
Elevation597 ft (182 m)
GNIS feature ID879333[1]

Pinkneyville is an unincorporated community located within Andover Township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2][3]

The settlement is located approximately 3.7 mi (6.0 km) east of Newton.

Pinkneyville was described in 1872 as "a little mining village, with only a few small cottages".[3]

In 1891, the "remotest source" of the Pequest River was described as being "near Pinkneyville".[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pinkneyville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Webb, Edward A. (1872). The Historical Directory of Sussex County, N.J.: Containing a Brief Summary of Events from Its First Settlement, with Descriptive and Historical Notices of Each Town. Sussex County (N.J.). p. 20.
  4. ^ Documents of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Legislature of the State of New Jersey and the Forty-Sixth Under the New Constitution. New Jersey Legislature. 1891. p. 177.