unincorporated community
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New Jersey
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, United States.Locality Search State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
Deans originated from its location on both
Crosswicknung Trail The Crosswicknung Trail was a Native American trail that became an important road connecting New Brunswick, New Jersey and Cranbury, New Jersey. It would later be known as Georges Road.
See also
* Assunpink Trail
* Deans, New Jersey
Deans is an ...
(Georges Road) and
Lawrence Brook
Lawrence Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States.
Course
Originally a stream, its course now includes man-made lakes created by dams built in the 19th and 20th centuries: Deans Pond ( Sou ...
. Dams were built on the brook, creating
Deans Pond Deans may refer to: People
* Austen Deans (1915–2011), New Zealand painter and war artist
* Colin Deans (born 1955), Scottish rugby union player
* Craig Deans (born 1974), Australian football (soccer) player
* Diane Deans (born 1958), Canadian pol ...
. The center of the community is centered about the intersection of Deans Lane ( County Route 610) and Georges Road ( CR 697). CR 610 continues east from the community on Deans Rhode Hall Road; other transportation facilities that pass near Deans include U.S. Route 130 just east of the community and the
Northeast Corridor
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railroad to the west (a station serving the community once existed). Residential homes dot the area around Deans but some businesses line nearby arterial roads and large warehouses are situated along Industrial Way at US 130.