6-802: Penns Neck or Penn's Neck may refer to: Penns Neck, New Jersey , an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey Penns Neck Baptist Church Penns Neck (cape) , a cape on the Delaware River in Salem County, New Jersey Penn's Neck Township, New Jersey , former township in Salem County, New Jersey Lower Penns Neck, New Jersey , now Pennsville Township Upper Penns Neck, New Jersey , now Carneys Point Township See also [ edit ] Churchtown, New Jersey , also known as Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey Topics referred to by
12-623: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Penns Neck, New Jersey Penns Neck is an unincorporated community located within West Windsor Township in Mercer County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The community developed at the intersection of the Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike (now U.S. Route 1) and Washington Road . The Penns Neck Circle and
18-716: The Schenck and Covenhoven families. In the late 1730s/1740s, the Schenck-Covenhoven cemetery was constructed to house the settlers' dead. Following the chartering of Brunswick Pike (Route 1) in 1804 and its completion in 1807, the community began to flourish, seeing the construction of the Red Lion Inn. In 1812, the Princeton Baptist Church (AKA the Penns Neck Baptist Church) was erected, helping to center
24-591: The historic Penns Neck Baptist Church (1812) are both located in Penns Neck. The Princeton Branch rail line, known as the Dinky, has run through the area since 1865, and stopped at Penns Neck station until January 1971. The 6500-acre tract of land that would become Penns Neck was initially purchased from the East Jersey Board of Proprietors by William Penn , Quaker founder of Pennsylvania . In 1737, concurrent to
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36-593: The settlement of Dutch Neck , Garret Schenck 7 John Covenhoven purchased the land from Penn's sons. That same year is the first year that the name "Penns Neck" (named after Penn) appears - alongside an alternate name, "Williamsborough." Soon after, the area - bordered by the Stony Brook to the west, the Millstone River to the north, the Assunpink Creek to the south, and Penn Lyle Road to the east - became settled by
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