Larisons Corners, New Jersey

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Larisons Corners, New Jersey
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Location of Larisons Corners in Hunterdon County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°26′29″N74°51′23″W / 40.44139°N 74.85639°W / 40.44139; -74.85639 Coordinates: 40°26′29″N74°51′23″W / 40.44139°N 74.85639°W / 40.44139; -74.85639
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Hunterdon
Township East Amwell and Raritan
Elevation
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266 ft (81 m)
GNIS feature ID877673 [1]

Larisons Corners, also spelled Larison's Corners, is an unincorporated community located along the border of East Amwell and Raritan townships in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. [1] [2]

History

The area was settled in 1749 after a ship bound for New York City carrying German settlers was blown off course and instead landed at Philadelphia. [3] The settlers resumed their journey north to New York City by traveling along Old York Road, where they "fell in love with the land" while passing through Larisons Corners. [3]

Their settlement was first called "Pleasant Corners", and a German Reformed Church was established. [3] Several members of the Rockefeller family are buried in the church cemetery. [4]

An inn was established in 1779 at the crossroads of Dutch Lane and Old York Road. [4] The inn was sold and renamed Larisons Corner Tavern, and was "one of the Old York Road's most popular taverns, which featured ballroom dancing downstairs and a gambling den upstairs where professional card players fleeced farmers of their hard-earned cash". [3]

By 1811, "the name Larisons Corner had become attached to the surrounding town", and the settlement had a blacksmith shop. [4] [5]

The nearby community of Ringoes held their annual Ringoes Grange Fair in Larison's Corner in 1940. It featured chicken-catching contests, bingo, music, and milking cows, while gambling and alcohol were forbidden. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Larisons Corners". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Variant name: Larison's Corners, Pleasant Corner
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 East Amwell. Arcadia. 2010. pp. 31, 52. ISBN   9780738573212.
  4. 1 2 3 Martinelli, Patricia A. (2012). New Jersey Ghost Towns: Uncovering the Hidden Past. Stackpole Books. pp. 25–27. ISBN   9780811745789.
  5. Ellis, Franklin (1881). History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 356.