Hainesville, New Jersey

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subdivision_name = Sussex County
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latd = 41.25194
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The town of Hainesville is an unincorporated community located within Sandyston Township, New Jersey. It lies along a stretch of County Route 645, known as the Layton-Hainesville Road, that runs parallel to U.S. Route 206 and connects to County Route 675. It is adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and near the towns of Shaytown and Layton. Its coordinates are latitude 41.25194 and longitude -74.80333. ₫It is is 620 feet (189 meters) above sea level. [ [http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/10/c10_4102900.htm Roadside Thoughts: Hainesville, New Jersey (NJ)] ]

Named for Daniel Haines, governor of New Jersey from 1843-1844 and from 1845-1848, [ [http://www.getnj.com/origname/orignameh.shtml The Origin of New Jersey Place Names] ] it is in Area code 973, and ZIP Code 07826, both of which it shares with Branchville, New Jersey. [ [http://www.hometownlocator.com/ZIP-Code/07826.cfm Hometown Locator: ZIP Code 07826] ]

Description

Hainesville and environs is home to the Hidden Acres golf course, the Hainesville Fish and Wildlife Management Area, a body of water known as the Hainesville Pond, and the Hainesville Cemetery. The Catholic parish St. Thomas the Apostle (Hainesville) is actually located in nearby Layton. [ [http://parishesonline.net/scripts/HostedSites/Org.asp?ID=6289 Parishes Online: St Thomas The Apostle Parish (Hainesville)] ]

Notable residents

These have included:
*Blase Cole (born November 21, 1879), a physician who served in the New Jersey Senate, representing Sussex County, from 1925-1936. He was additionally an alternate New Jersey delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932. [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ZZ.html The Political Graveyard: Miscellaneous Areas, New Jersey] ]
*The comic-book artist Bill Sienkiewicz was raised in Hainesville from the age of five.

References

External links

* [http://www.placenames.com/us/p876880/ PlaceNames.com: Hainesville]