Ewing (unincorporated community), New Jersey

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Ewing, New Jersey
2023-08-31 17 16 17 The northwest side of the 1867 Sanctuary formerly occupied by the Ewing Presbyterian Church along Mercer County Route 611 (Scotch Road) in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg
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Coordinates: 40°16′11″N74°48′00″W / 40.26972°N 74.80000°W / 40.26972; -74.80000
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Mercer
Township Ewing
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157 ft (48 m)
GNIS feature ID876247 [1]

Ewing is a section of Ewing Township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] Located at the intersection of Upper Ferry Road and Scotch Road, it is one of the oldest settlements in Ewing Township and dates back to the 18th century. The community was known as Carleton before adopting its current name. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ewing". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office via Google Books.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 25, 2015.
  4. Jo Ann Tesauro (2002). Images of America: Ewing Township. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN   0-7385-1040-8. The Carleton/Ewing/Ewing Presbyterian Church area was a small village at the intersection of today's Upper Ferry and Scotch Roads and the lands to the north, where the railroad crosses Scotch Road. It contained nine homesteads, a blacksmith, a wheelwright shop, a church and a flour mill.