Cumberland-Hesstown, NJ

Cumberland-Hesstown is a census-designated place located in the northern part of Maurice River Township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The 2020 census counted 315 residents. Consisting of the unincorporated communities of Cumberland and Hesstown, it is in the eastern part of the county. New Jersey Route 49 passes through the CDP, leading northwest 6 miles to Millville and southeast 11 miles to Tuckahoe. The short version is that Cumberland-Hesstown carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Cumberland-Hesstown: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The area was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.