Comical Corner, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 39°59′00″N 74°41′00″W / 39.98333°N 74.68333°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Burlington |
Township | Pemberton |
Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 875595 [1] |
Comical Corner or Comical Corners is an unincorporated community located within Pemberton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] The site of the actual corners is at the intersection of Pemberton Road ( County Route 630) and Arneys Mount Road ( CR 668). The original name may have been "Conical Corner" based on the cone-like shape of the skewed intersection but had turned to "Comical Corner" based on a mishearing. [5] The area, located just to the north of Pemberton Borough, is mostly rural and is surrounded by farmland on the two obtuse sides of the intersection. [6]
According to [Rhett Pernot, administrator of the Burlington County Historical Society], Comical Corners may have derived its name from 'conical corner,' referring to the cone shape of the junction. 'It doesn't appear on any map as Conical Corners . . . so the origins of that name are obscure at best,' said Pernot.