Fortescue
Fortescue is a community and census-designated place in Downe Township, Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located on the state's southern coast, on the Delaware Bay, surrounded on three sides by marshland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 189 residents
- Description: town in New Jersey, United States
- Also known as: “Fortescue, New Jersey” and “Fortesque”
- Postal code: 08321
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Dividing Creek.
Newport
Hamlet
Newport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Downe Township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Newport is situated 4 miles north of Fortescue.
Dividing Creek
Hamlet
Dividing Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Downe Township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Dividing Creek is situated 4½ miles northeast of Fortescue.
Dragston
Hamlet
Downe Township is a township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area for statistical purposes. Dragston is situated 6 miles east of Fortescue.
Fortescue
Latitude
39.23761° or 39° 14′ 15″ northLongitude
-75.17158° or 75° 10′ 18″ westPopulation
189Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87F66RQH+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 157624862OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4501833Wikidata ID
Q5472569
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Fortescue” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福蒂斯丘”
- French: “Fortescue”
- Gilaki: “فؤرتسکیو (نيۊجرسي)”
- Gilaki: “فؤرتسکیو”
- Irish: “Fortescue”
- Ladin: “Fortescue”
- Persian: “فورتسکیو، نیوجرسی”
- Persian: “فورتسکیو”
- South Azerbaijani: “فورتسکیو، نیوجرسی”
- Spanish: “Fortescue (Nueva Jersey)”
- Spanish: “Fortescue”
- Volapük: “Fortescue (NJ)”
- Volapük: “Fortescue, New Jersey”
- Volapük: “Fortescue, NJ”
- Volapük: “Fortescue”
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