• Source: West Creek, New Jersey

      • West Creek is an unincorporated community and hamlet located within Eagleswood Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.


      History


      The settlement is named after the stream that runs through it, Westecunk Creek. The name of the creek is derived from the Lenape word "westeconk," meaning "place of fat meat".


      Education


      Present day schools are Eagleswood Elementary School and Pinelands Regional School District.


      Location


      The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08092. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08092 was 3,003. The village is served by a general aviation airport, Eagles Nest Airport.


      More history


      Captain Hazelton Seaman built and designed the first sneakbox, the "Devil's Coffin," in 1836, in West Creek, New Jersey.


      References




      External links


      Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08092 from the United States Census Bureau

    • Source: West Creek (New Jersey)

      • West Creek is a 12.3-mile-long (19.8 km) tributary of Delaware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey in the United States.
      The name "West Creek" is derived from the Lenape word "westeconk," meaning "place of fat meat." It rises in the swamps to the west of Halberton, in Maurice River Township, and flows southward towards Belleplain State Forest. It was formerly dammed at Hoffman's Mill, but the pond is now drained. Southward, two dams still intact form Hands Millpond and Pickle Factory Pond. Below Pickle Factory Pond, it forms part of the boundary between Cape May and Cumberland Counties. It enters the tidal marshes, passing along the west side of the Stipson Island peninsula, near the south end of which is located an old landing, and empties into the bay.


      Tributaries


      Watering Branch


      See also


      List of rivers of New Jersey


      References

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