Rancocas, New Jersey

Rancocas, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Rancocas Friends Meeting House
Rancocas Friends Meeting House
Rancocas is located in Burlington County, New Jersey
Rancocas
Rancocas
Location within Burlington County, New Jersey
Rancocas is located in New Jersey
Rancocas
Rancocas
Location within New Jersey
Rancocas is located in the United States
Rancocas
Rancocas
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 40°00′38″N 74°52′01″W / 40.01056°N 74.86694°W / 40.01056; -74.86694
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyBurlington
TownshipWestampton
Elevation
59 ft (18 m)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Zip Code
08073
Area codes609, 640
GNIS feature ID879606[1]

Rancocas is an unincorporated community located within Westampton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey.[2]

Name

Rancocas was the name of a sub-tribe of Lenape people, who lived along Rancocas Creek. Their 17th-century village was also called Ramock and Rankokas.[3]

History

The village developed along the Mount Holly–Beverly Turnpike.[4] In 1703, a Quaker meeting house, a log building, was erected in the community.[5]

Historic district

Rancocas Historic Village
LocationIrregular pattern bounded north and west by Willingboro border, east to Springside Road and south to 3rd Street
Area25 acres (10 ha)
NRHP reference No.75001126[6]
NJRHP No.880[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1975
Designated NJRHPSeptember 6, 1973

The Rancocas Historic Village, also known as the Rancocas Village Historic District,[7] is a historic district in Rancocas Village, bounded north and west by the Willingboro Township border, east to Springside Road and south to 3rd Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1975 for its significance in architecture, commerce, and education. The district includes 46 contributing buildings.[4] The Quaker meeting house, a Friends meeting house, on Main Street was built in 1772 and features Flemish bond and patterned brick work. The nearby Friends school was built in 1822, also with brick.[4]

Legacy

Several scenes in the Howard Hawks film Ball of Fire are set in Rancocas.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancocas, New Jersey
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Handbook of American Indians. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of American Ethnology. 1910. p. 354.
  4. 1 2 3 Staff of Historic Sites Section (1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rancocas Historic Village". National Park Service. With accompanying 18 photos
  5. ↑ "West Jersey Quaker Meetings: Rancocas". West Jersey History Project.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System – (#75001126)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  7. 1 2 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. May 21, 2018. p. 17.
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