Place:Dingmans Ferry, Pike, Pennsylvania, United States

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Dingmans Ferry is an unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was originally sited on the Delaware River in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, but was moved farther up the mountain when the Corps of Engineers acquired the land for the creation of the Corps of Engineer's controversial Tocks Island Dam project. The National Park Service was tasked with managing the property for the Corps so far as public use was concerned. The land purchased by the Corps became the Delaware National Recreation Area. Local objections to the dam and purchasing of land willingly or by eminent domain delayed the project for years. Eventually it was discovered that Tocks Island the site of the dam is on a fault line.

Nearby attractions include Factory Falls, Fulmer Falls, and Deer Leap Falls in Childs Recreation Area and Silverthread Falls and Dingmans Falls, all on Dingmans Creek. Dingmans Ferry is located at 41°13'North, 74°52'West.

Dingmans Ferry is now the name of the post office (zip code 18328) that serves Delaware and Porter townships. The post office is located within the borders of Delaware Township. Delaware Township is governed by a Board of Supervisors - there is no mayor of Dingmans Ferry.

The Dingmans Ferry Bridge is the last privately owned toll bridge on the Delaware River and one of the few remaining in the country.

The former Dingman's Ferry Dutch Reformed Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Dingman-Delaware Primary, Elementary and Middle Schools are located in the area.

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