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Does Tracy exist?

Tracy, NJ is an enigma, as the only place where I can find information about "Tracy, NJ" is this Wikipedia page. I see the source from the State of NJ, but I am unable to find any other source that names Tracy as a community. The source from the State of New Jersey seems to just be a basic reference for local nicknames for cities -- I'm curious where that even came from as nobody I asked from New Jersey (including Monroe Township) knew what this was.

I think it is likely that "Tracy" simply refers to the former train station that was once there (sparsely documented), rather than as an established name of the local community.

These are the only two mentions of "Tracy" I could find:

https://www.nj.gov/transportation/about/press/2019/081619.shtm -- Mentioned in reference to repairs to a railroad crossing near Tracy Station Road, which is a real road, but no reference to Tracy by any other definition.
https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/mapbook/98.pdf -- This seems to be a partial index of locations in New Jersey, but I could not find the full document.

Would love further information if anyone has any. LaborHorizontal (talk) 01:55, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update:

I'm viewing Rutgers' maps.

1781, no indication. https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MIDDLESEX_COUNTY/MiddlesexCounty1781.jpg

~1789, no indication. https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MIDDLESEX_COUNTY/MidCo_Rev_War_recto.jpg

1850, "D.Tracy" near the Freehold Railroad, apparently opposite side from usual https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MIDDLESEX_COUNTY/Middlesex_1850_Wallmap1.jpg

1861, "Tracey's Station" https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3813m.la000457/?r=0.555,0.833,0.073,0.043,0

1869, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/rr_NJ_PA_NY.jpg

1870, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/NJ_RR_1870.jpg

1872, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/1872Atlas/MiddlesexCo_1872.jpg

1873, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/NJ_RR_1873.jpg

1876, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/NJ_RR_1876.jpg

1887, "Tracey" https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/RR_of_NJ-1887.jpg

1889, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/Pennsylvania_RR_1899.jpg

1906, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/NJ_RR_1906.jpg

1911, "Tracy" directly on the Freehold rail line https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/Pennsylvania_Railroad_1911.jpg

1913, "Tracey" around lot 35 in Monroe. https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MONMOUTH_COUNTY/Mer_Midd_Mon_1913.jpg

1947, "Tracy Station," by the Freehold and Jamestown Railroad https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MIDDLESEX_COUNTY/MiddlesexCounty_1947.jpg

1954, "Tracy Sta." as in Tracy Station. https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MIDDLESEX_COUNTY/MiddlesexCo1954.gif

1968, "Tracy Sta.": https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/MIDDLESEX_COUNTY/MonroeMidCoZoning_1968.gif

1976, nothing: https://geography.rutgers.edu/images/NJ_Historical_Maps/RAILROADS/nj_transportation_1976.jpg

So all that I can guess is that Tracy is the name of the former station. I see no indication that it has ever been a name of a community or neighborhood. Regardless, the fact that I had to do a little independent research to find this out means it probably doesn't belong on Wikipedia anyway. The currently cited map from 1911 is supposed to prove it is a neighborhood in the southeast edge of Monroe, but I could neither find any indication of it being a community outside the train station, nor would it be any indication of Tracy being a real community today even if it did. I don't know any current sources that reference this alleged community despite an extended search. For this reason, I'm putting it up for WP:PROD -- I do not expect this to be a controversial deletion considering there is no apparent evidence of Tracy being a community. LaborHorizontal (talk) 02:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]