Georgetown is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located within Mansfield Township, Burlington County, in the U.S. state of

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. It was named for

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, who served in the

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Transportation

County Route 537, County Route 545, and NJ Route 68 are major roads around Georgetown. The

New Jersey Turnpike The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) is a system of controlled-access highway, controlled-access toll roads in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The turnpike is maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA).The Garden State Parkway, although ma ...

passes Georgetown to the northwest. The closest exit to Georgetown on the NJ Turnpike is exit 7 ( U.S. 206 – Bordentown, Trenton).

References

Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Burlington County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{BurlingtonCountyNJ-geo-stub