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'''Pointers''' is an ] located within ] in ], United States.<ref name=GNIS1/><ref>{{cite web | title = Local Names | publisher = State of New Jersey | url = http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt | accessdate = January 2015}}</ref> '''Pointers''' is an ] located within ] in ], United States.<ref name=GNIS1/><ref>{{cite web | title = Local Names | publisher = State of New Jersey | url = http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt | accessdate = January 2015}}</ref>


The settlement was named "Pointers" because it was located at the intersection of three old roads&mdash;Salem Woodstown Road (]), Pointers Auburn Road (]), and Pointers Sharptown Road (County Route 620)&mdash;which "pointed" toward ].<ref name="NJGPP">{{cite book | title = New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past | publisher = Viking | year = 1939 | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=t6wmzEJvTGcC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 631}}</ref> The settlement was named "Pointers" because it was located at the intersection of three old roads&mdash;Salem Woodstown Road (]), Pointers Auburn Road (]), and Pointers Sharptown Road (])&mdash;which "pointed" toward ].<ref name="NJGPP">{{cite book | title = New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past | publisher = Viking | year = 1939 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t6wmzEJvTGcC&pg=PA631#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 631}}</ref>


The Memorial Hospital of Salem County is located in Pointers, and the "Pointers intersection" was identified in Mannington Township's 2010 Master Plan as one of two commercial districts to be developed.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Caton | first1 = Philip B. | last2 = Specca | first2 = Lisa Y. | title = Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan | publisher = Mannington Township | date = 2010 | url = http://www.manningtontwp.com/pdfs/2013_0506_FarmlandPreservationPlan.pdf}}</ref> The Memorial Hospital of Salem County is located in Pointers, and the "Pointers intersection" was identified in Mannington Township's 2010 Master Plan as one of two commercial districts to be developed.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Caton | first1 = Philip B. | last2 = Specca | first2 = Lisa Y. | title = Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan | publisher = Mannington Township | date = 2010 | url = http://www.manningtontwp.com/pdfs/2013_0506_FarmlandPreservationPlan.pdf}}</ref>
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Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
Pointers, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountySalem
TownshipMannington
Elevation7 m (23 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID879399

Pointers is an unincorporated community located within Mannington Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

The settlement was named "Pointers" because it was located at the intersection of three old roads—Salem Woodstown Road (Route 45), Pointers Auburn Road (County Route 540), and Pointers Sharptown Road (County Route 620)—which "pointed" toward Salem.

The Memorial Hospital of Salem County is located in Pointers, and the "Pointers intersection" was identified in Mannington Township's 2010 Master Plan as one of two commercial districts to be developed.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pointers
  2. "Local Names". State of New Jersey. Retrieved January 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past. Viking. 1939. p. 631.
  4. Caton, Philip B.; Specca, Lisa Y. (2010). "Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan" (PDF). Mannington Township.
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