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Warren County, New Jersey

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44historic places

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1824formed

109,632pop. 2020

19cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 44 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Oxford, Allamuchy, Hackettstown.

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

15 of 44 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

44 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allamuchy Freight House	Allamuchy	Building	2002
Allen, Jacob C., House	Hackettstown	Building	2005
Asbury Historic District	Asbury	District	1993
Beattystown	Beattystown	District	1990
Belvidere Historic District	Belvidere	District	1980
Blair Presbyterial Academy	Blairstown	District	1992
Blairstown Historic District	Blairstown	District	2007
Bowerstown Historic District	Belvidere	District	1996
Centenary Collegiate Institute	Hackettstown	Building	1997
Delaware Historic District	Knowlton Township	District	2003
Fairview Schoolhouse	Columbia	Building	1977
Finesville-Seigletown Historic District	Pohatcong	District	2010
First Methodist Episcopal Church	Washington Borough	Building	2017
Great Meadows Railroad Station	Great Meadows	Building	1989
Hixson-Mixsell House	Springtown	Building	2014
Hixson-Skinner Mill Complex	Phillipsburg	Building	1982
Hope District	Hope	District	1973
Hunt, George, House	Alpha	Building	1979
Imlaydale Historic District	Hampton	District	1991
Johnsonburg Historic District	Johnsonburg	District	1992
Kennedy House and Mill	Stewartsville	Building	1996
Lander-Stewart Mansion and Stites Building	Phillipsburg Town	Building	2008
Miller Farmstead	Anderson	District	1989
Mount Bethel Methodist Church	Vienna	Building	1980
Oxford Furnace	Oxford	Site	1977
Oxford Industrial Historic District	Oxford	District	1992
Perry-Petty Farmstead	Mansfield Township	Building	1999
Phillipsburg Commercial Historic District	Phillipsburg Town	District	2008
Pleasant Valley Historic District	Pleasant Valley	District	1994
Port Colden Historic District	Washington Township	District	1999
Port Murray Historic District	Washington	District	1996
Ramsaysburg Homestead	Knowlton	Building	2004
Richey, John, House	Franklin	Building	2002
Roseberry, John, Homestead	Phillipsburg	Building	1973
Rutherford Hall	Allamuchy	District	2013
Seigle Homestead	Finesville	Building	1977
Shippen Manor	Oxford	Building	1984
Spring Valley Christian Church Site	Hardwick Township	Building	1997
St. James Lutheran Church and Cemetery	Pohatcong Township	District	2016
St. Luke's Episcopal Church	Hope	Building	2007
Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead	Harmony	Building	2005
Vass Farmstead	Hardwick	Building	1999
Warrington Stone Bridge	Columbia	Structure	1977
Washington Railroad Station	Washington	Building	1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warren was formed in 1824 (1824-11-20) from Sussex.

WARREN created from SUSSEX.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Warren County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
18,627	20,366	28,433	36,589	37,781	45,057	50,181	54,374	63,220	84,429	102,437	109,632

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	National Recreation Area	32.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

19 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Cedar Ridge Cemetery	40.9862	-74.98073
County Home Cemetery	40.83227	-74.95382
Fairview Cemetery	40.70038	-75.19268
Fairview Cemetery	40.92064	-75.01545
Fairview Cemetery	40.92981	-75.09212
Green Chapel Cemetery	40.92703	-74.99712
Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.66448	-75.11566
Hazen Cemetery	40.82056	-75.05071
Hillside Cemetery	40.7913	-75.00249
Knowlton Frame Cemetery	40.9387	-75.02239
Mansfield Cemetery	40.74954	-74.98168
Moravian Cemetery	40.91009	-74.97017
Pequest Union Cemetery	40.86787	-74.90878
Peter and Paul Cemetery	40.66731	-75.15517
Saint James Lutheran Cemetery	40.68103	-75.14476
Saint Philip Cemetery	40.68252	-75.14544
Swayze Cemetery	40.89315	-74.97823
Union Brick Cemetery	40.9537	-74.97017
Union Church Cemetery	40.98759	-74.91017

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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