Whig Lane, New Jersey | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Salem County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Upper Pittsgrove Township. Inset: Location of Salem County in the state of New Jersey. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Salem |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Upper Pittsgrove |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Elevation Ft: | 144 |
Coordinates: | 39.6394°N -75.2289°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 881769 |
Whig Lane is an unincorporated community located within Upper Pittsgrove Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.[1] It is located approximately 5miles east of Woodstown.
The settlement is named for an altercation which occurred there in 1769 between Tories and Whigs.[2] Around that time - prior to the American Revolution - one part of the settlement was also called "Tory Lane".[3]
Whig Lane had a post office in 1897.