Pine Barrens

American  

noun

1. the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2,000 sq. mi. (5,180 sq. km).

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This instability created lawless zones such as the “neutral ground” of Bergen County in northeast New Jersey and the Pine Barrens in the south, where hardened “banditti” flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

It’s like if Beckett had written the Pine Barrens episode of “The Sopranos.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

Swain says another “lesser-known candidate” for a Maui-type disaster is the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2023

From 2002 to 2005 he served as chairman of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, which works to preserve the state’s Pine Barrens, the 1.1 million acres of semi-wilderness spanning parts of seven counties.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

But your hat—and mighty pretty it is too, as YOU'VE fixed it up—is only regular Dunstable stock, which we could put down at Pine Barrens for four and a half cents a piece, net.

From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte

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