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Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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—newspaper titles
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102historic places
—earliest paper
1714formed
128,947pop. 2020
42cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 102 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Delaware Township, Clinton, Flemington.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

39 of 102 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

102 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Amsterdam Historic DistrictAmsterdamDistrict1995
Annandale Historic DistrictAnnandaleDistrict1994
Apgar, J. K., FarmhouseCalifonBuilding1979
Bartles HouseTewksbury TownshipBuilding2007
Bowne Station Road stone-arch bridge over tributary of the Alexauken CreekDelawareStructure2024
Bray-Hoffman HouseAnnandaleBuilding1973
Buchanan Road stone-arch bridge over a tributary of Alexauken CreekDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Califon Historic DistrictCalifonDistrict1976
Case FarmsteadPattenburgBuilding1979
Case-Dvoor FarmsteadRaritanBuilding2009
Clinton Historic DistrictClintonDistrict1995
Clover Hill Historic DistrictFlemingtonDistrict1980
Cokesbury Historic DistrictClintonDistrict1997
Cold Water BridgeDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Covered Bridge Historic DistrictDelaware TownshipDistrict1999
Dart's Mill Historic DistrictFlemingtonDistrict1982
Dawlis Mill-Spring Mill Historic DistrictEast AmwellDistrict2004
Delaware and Raritan CanalLambertvilleDistrict1973
District No. 98 SchoolhouseStockton BoroughBuilding2005
Dunham's MillClintonBuilding1982
Everittstown Historic DistrictMilfordDistrict1980
Eversole, Charles, HouseReadington TownshipBuilding2006
Fairmount Historic DistrictCalifonDistrict1996
Fairmount-Pottersville Road stone arch bridge over Hollow BrookTewksbury TownshipStructure2026
Federal Twist Road stone-arch bridge over Shirt Run CreekDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Fink-Type Truss BridgeAllertonStructure1974
Flemington Historic DistrictFlemingtonDistrict1980
Frenchtown Historic DistrictFrenchtownDistrict1994
Frog Hollow Road Bridge over minor tributary of the South Branch, Raritan RiverTewksburyStructure2002
Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss BridgeGlen GardnerStructure1977
Green Sergeants Covered BridgeStocktonStructure1974
Headquarters Historic DistrictSergeantsvilleDistrict2011
Headquarters Historic District (Boundary Increase)Delaware TownshipDistrict2016
High Bridge Reformed ChurchHigh BridgeBuilding1980
HighfieldsAmwellBuilding1994
Hollow Brook Road Bridge over tributary of the Lamington RiverTewksburyStructure2002
Kalmia Club, TheLambertvilleBuilding2012
Kline FarmhouseOldwickBuilding1984
Lambertville Historic DistrictLambertvilleDistrict1983
Lambertville HouseLambertvilleBuilding1978
LansdownPittstownBuilding1979
Lebanon Historic DistrictLebanon BoroughDistrict2009
Little York Historic DistrictLittle YorkDistrict1988
Locktown Baptist ChurchStocktonBuilding1974
Locktown-Sergeantsville Road truss bridge over Plum BrookDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke CreekDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Marshall, James W., HouseLambertvilleBuilding1970
McKinney, David, MillClintonBuilding1974
Mechlins Corner TavernPittstownBuilding1974
Milford Historic DistrictMilford BoroughDistrict2025
Mount Airy Historic DistrictWest Amwell TownshipDistrict1989
Mount Pleasant Historic DistrictMount PleasantDistrict1987
Mount Salem Methodist Episcopal ChurchMt. SalemBuilding1988
Mountainville Historic DistrictMountainvilleDistrict1993
Mulligan, M. C., & Sons QuarryClintonDistrict1994
Music HallClintonBuilding1982
New Hampton Historic DistrictLebanonDistrict1998
New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss BridgeHamptonStructure1977
New Market-Linvale-Snydertown Historic DistrictEast and West Amwell TownshipsDistrict1998
Old Grandin LibraryClintonBuilding1974
Old Mill Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke CreekDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Old Stone Presbyterian ChurchKingwood TownshipBuilding2018
Oldwick Historic DistrictOldwickDistrict1988
Palatine Road Brige over a minor tributary of the Lamington RiverTewsksburyStructure2002
Peck's Ferry BridgeLocktownStructure1999
Perryville TavernClintonBuilding1977
Pittstown Historic DistrictPittstownDistrict1990
Potterstown Rural Historic DistrictPotterstownDistrict1992
Pottersville Village Historic DistrictPottersvilleDistrict1990
Prallsville DistrictPrallsvilleDistrict1979
Pursley's Ferry Historic DistrictHollandDistrict1980
Quaker MeetingQuakertownDistrict1990
Raritan-Readington South Branch Historic DistrictFlemingtonDistrict1990
Raven Rock Historic DistrictDelaware TownshipDistrict2015
Raven Rock Road BridgeDelaware TownshipStructure2016
Reading, John, FarmsteadFlemingtonBuilding1978
Readingsburg Historic DistrictClintonDistrict2000
Readington Village Historic VillageReadingtonDistrict1991
Reaville Historic DistrictEast AmwellDistrict2002
Riegel Ridge Community CenterMilfordBuilding1996
Ringoes Historic DistrictEast Amwell TownshipDistrict1999
Rockhill Agricultural Historic DistrictPittstownDistrict1984
Rosemont Rural Agricultural DistrictDelawareDistrict2010
Sand Brook Historic DistrictSand BrookDistrict2013
Sandbrook-Headquarters Road stone-arch bridge over a tributary of the Third Neshanic RiverDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Sergeantsville Historic DistrictDelaware TownshipDistrict2009
St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchPittstownBuilding1977
Stanton Historic Rural DistrictStantonDistrict1990
Stone Sign Post Road Bridge over Plum BrookDelaware TownshipStructure2016
Strimple's Mill Road Bridge over Lockatong CreekDelaware TownshipStructure2016
Taylor's Mill Historic DistrictOldwickDistrict1992
Taylor's Mill Historic District (Boundary Increase)OldwickDistrict1997
Thatcher HouseKingwood TownshipBuilding2020
Turner-Chew-Carhart FarmClintonBuilding1977
Van Syckel Corner DistrictClintonDistrict1979
Van Syckle, John, HouseHolland TownshipBuilding2012
Vought, Christoffel, FarmsteadClintonBuilding2008
Wertsville Historic DistrictEast Amwell TownshipDistrict2000
White House StationWhite HouseBuilding1984
Whitehouse-Mechanicsville Historic DistrictReadington TownshipDistrict2015
Worman Road stone-arch bridge over Shoppon's RunDelaware TownshipStructure2025
Yard Road stone-arch bridge over a tributary of Sand BrookDelaware TownshipStructure2025

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hunterdon was formed in 1714 (1714-03-11) from Burlington.

11 March 1713/1714. HUNTERDON created from BURLINGTON and the Non-County Area of West New Jersey. The non-county area was eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hunterdon County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

129k75k20k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
20,15321,26128,60424,78933,65438,57034,50732,88536,76642,73654,10787,361121,989128,947

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

42 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 42 of 42 listed
NameLatLon
Alexandria Cemetery40.58353-75.05347
Allerton Methodist Cemetery40.61132-74.87975
Amwell Ridge Cemetery40.44175-74.85544
Baptist Cemetery40.50602-74.85653
Barber Cemetery40.41899-74.92833
Bethlehem Cemetery40.61871-74.93433
Bethlehem Cemetery40.64176-74.99406
Cherryville Baptist Cemetery40.56343-74.90405
Cokesbury Presbyterian Church Cemetery40.68541-74.83743
Cokesbury United Methodist Church Cemetery40.68255-74.83539
Evergreen Cemetery40.64509-74.91072
Fairmount Cemetery40.73387-74.7742
Fairmount First Presbyterian Church Yard40.73617-74.77517
Fairmount Methodist Church Yard40.72604-74.77675
Flemington Presbyterian Cemetery40.51532-74.85896
Fountain Grove Cemetery40.69231-74.94433
Holcombe Riverview Cemetery40.38283-74.95319
Locust Grove Cemetery40.56954-74.94906
Lower Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery40.72951-74.84334
Memorial Park Cemetery40.62236-74.766
Milford Union Cemetery40.56777-75.09078
Mount Lebanon Cemetery40.75639-74.88525
Mount Salem Cemetery40.60565-74.98322
Mountain View Cemetery40.68259-74.84405
Musconetcong Valley Cemetery40.70731-74.97239
Newell Cemetery40.57204-74.85794
Norton Cemetery40.66775-74.98328
Norton Methodist Episcopal Churchyard40.65773-74.9801
Old Saint Mary Cemetery40.64386-74.91113
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery40.4579-74.83351
Prospect Hill Cemetery40.51371-74.86794
Readington Reformed Church Cemetery40.56861-74.73516
Riverside Cemetery40.63982-74.90684
Saint Anns Catholic Church Cemetery40.7087-74.95183
Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Graveyard40.56065-74.98933
Spruce Run Lutheran Cemetery40.7087-74.92322
The Rosemont Cemetery40.42823-74.99052
Three Bridges Reformed Church Cemetery40.52287-74.796
Union Cemetery40.63355-74.90677
Union Cemetery40.42609-74.87372
Union Cemetery of Wertsville40.45917-74.78501
Wertsville Baptist Church Yard40.45065-74.79683
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Sutton40.68232-74.72211

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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