Billingsport, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Billingsport is located in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Billingsport
Billingsport
Billingsport's location in Gloucester County (Inset: Gloucester County in New Jersey)
Billingsport is located in New Jersey
Billingsport
Billingsport
Billingsport (New Jersey)
Billingsport is located in the United States
Billingsport
Billingsport
Billingsport (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°50′54″N 75°14′31″W / 39.84833°N 75.24194°W / 39.84833; -75.24194
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyGloucester
BoroughPaulsboro
Elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code856
GNIS feature ID874765[1]

Billingsport is an unincorporated community within Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] The community is located on the Delaware River. The area dates back to 1677, when it was originally known as Byllings Port, named for Edward Byllings, a Quaker of West Jersey.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Billingsport, New Jersey
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Laura Lavinia Thomas Willis, ed. (1915). Early history of Atlantic County, New Jersey - Atlantic County Historical Society. Kutztown publishing Company. Retrieved December 17, 2011 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ History, Borough of Paulsboro. Accessed July 20, 2017.


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