Jenkin's Neck
Jenkin's Neck

I have been unable to locate very much information about this village;I know of it only through a it's mention on a few censuses. I have not transcribed that portion of any of them just yet, but eventually when I sort out which portions of the census apply to Jenkin's Neck I will post it here. For now all I can provide is a rough idea of how many people lived there:
In 1905 there were 19 homes occupied in Jenkin's Village, or Jenkin's Neck (the name sometimes varies).
In 1910 there were 12 homes occupied in Jenkins' Village.
In 1920 there were 13 occupied houses in Jenkin's Village You can view the census for that year here.

I have just found the name of at least one family that was living in Jenkin's Neck in 1893; an obituary appearing in the August 10th issue of the New Jersey Courier for that year states that the infant son of George and Mary Thomas died at Jenkin's Neck on 30 July 1893.

The 26 Feb 1920 issue of the Tuckerton Beacon newspaper mentions that "Herbert Maxwell of Jenkins is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Post."

I also found an interesting story regarding the chapel at Jenkin's. You can read it here.

I have been provided with the location of Jenkins by a visitor to this site. You can view a map of it here. It is located with the Wharton State Forest.
Jenkin's Neck is a topographical feature, a small rise of land pushing into the swampy barrens just to the northwest of Harrisburg. Chatsworth Road ends at Route 563, at the southern tip of Jenkin's Neck. The village is now known simply as Jenkins on the maps, but it is the village "on Jenkin's Neck".

This page was last updated on March 22nd, 2002