Millbrook, New Jersey

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Millbrook, New Jersey
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Location of Millbrook within Warren County. Inset: Location of Warren County in New Jersey.
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Millbrook (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°04′24″N74°57′47″W / 41.07333°N 74.96306°W / 41.07333; -74.96306 Coordinates: 41°04′24″N74°57′47″W / 41.07333°N 74.96306°W / 41.07333; -74.96306
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Warren
Township Hardwick
Named for Van Campens Mill Brook
Elevation
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200 m (656 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID878370 [1]

Millbrook, also known as Millbrook Village, is an unincorporated community located along Old Mine Road within Hardwick Township, formerly Pahaquarry Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. [1] [2] It is named after the Mill Brook, now known as Van Campens Mill Brook, a tributary of the Delaware River. [3] [4] The area is now part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. [5]

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History

A grist mill was built here in 1832, by Abram Garis, on what is now known as Van Campens Mill Brook. The George Trauger House was built c.1860. [6] The Colonel Abraham Van Campen House, built c.1750, the B. B. Van Campen Farm, also known as the Moses Van Campen House, built c.1840, and the Miller House, also known as the James Van Campen Farm, are contributing properties of the Old Mine Road Historic District. [7] The Abraham Van Campen House, built c.1790, was moved to the village in 1974. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Millbrook". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. Listed as in the defunct Pahaquarry Township.
  3. Snell, James P.; Clayton, W.W. (1881). "Mill Brook". History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. pp. 696, 699. OCLC   14075041.
  4. "Vancampens Brook". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. Variant name: Vancampens Mill Brook
  5. "Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Scenic Drives". National Park Service. Millbrook Village
  6. 1 2 "Millbrook Village" (PDF). National Park Service.
  7. Bodle, Wayne K.; Tobias, Clifford (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Mine Road Historic District / Old Mine Road". National Park Service. With accompanying 29 photos from 1977