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H I S T O R Y
of SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ

and HISTORIC PLACES

History of Somerset County, NJ | History of Municipalities

• History of Somerset County NJ

  Somerset County is one of America's oldest counties. The area was first settled in 1681, in the vicinity of Bound Brook, and the county was established by charter on May 22, 1688. Most of the early residents were Dutch. General George Washington and his troops marched through the county on several occasions and slept in many of the homes located throughout the area. Parts of the Delaware and Raritan Canal run through the county. Somerset County also played an important part during both World War I and World War II with weapons depots and the manufacturing of the army's woolen blankets.

History of Municipalities

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Historical Society of Somerset Hills

• Bedminster Township - created by Royal Charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was formally incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone
  • Burnt Mills
  • Greater Cross Roads
  • Lamington
  • Pottersville
  • Vliettown
• Bernards Township
  • Basking Ridge
  • Green Knoll
  • Libety Corner
  • Lyons
  • Madisonville
  • West Millington
  • Mine Brook
  • Mount Horeb
  • Pluckemin
  • State Park
  • Stone House
  • Union Grove
  • White Bridge
• Bernardsville Borough
  • Blazuers Corner
  • Hardscrabble
  • Somerset Mills
  • Somerseten
• Bound Brook
  • Battle of Bound Brook
• Branchburg Township
  • Burnt Mill
  • Centerville
  • Neshanic
  • Neshanic Station
  • North Branch
  • North Branch Depot
  • Woodfern
• Bridgewater Township
  • Bradley Gardens
  • Chimney Rock
  • Finderne
  • Martinsville
  • Middle Brook Heights
  • Milltown
  • Sunset Lake
• Far Hills
• Franklin Township
  • Clyde
  • East Millstone
  • Franklin Park
  • Hamilton Park
  • Kingston
  • Griggstown
  • Middlebush
  • Pleasant Plains
  • Six Mile Run
  • Somerset
  • Weston
  • Voorhees
  • Zarephath
• Green Brook Township
  • Seeley Mills
  • Washington Rock
• Hillsborough Township
  • Belle Mead
  • Blackwells Mills
  • Champlain
  • Clover Mill
  • Flagtown
  • Frankfort
  • Hamilton
  • Harlingen
  • Higgins Mills
  • Flagtown
  • Montgomery
  • Neshanic
  • Pleasant View
  • Royce Field
  • Royce Valley
  • South Branch
  • Woods Tavern
• Manville
  • Millsboro
• Millstone
• Montgomery Township
  • Blawenburg
  • Bridgepoint
  • Dutchtown
  • Fairview
  • Harlingen
  • Plainville
  • Skillman
  • Somerset
  • Stoutsburg
  • Zion
• North Plainfield
• Peapack-Gladstone
  • Ravine Lake
• Raritan
• Rocky Hill
• Somerville
• South Bound Brook
  • Abraham Staats House
• Warren Township (click on history)
  • Coontown
  • Dock Watch Hollow
  • Gallia
  • Mount Bethel
  • Round Top
  • Smalleytown
  • Springdale
  • Union Village
  • Warrenville
• Watchung
  • Washingtonville
    

National Register of Historic Places: Somerset Co., New Jersey

Somerset County Historical Societies, History Museums & Libraries