Penwell, New Jersey

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Penwell, New Jersey
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Penwell, New Jersey
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Penwell, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°46′41″N74°54′09″W / 40.77806°N 74.90250°W / 40.77806; -74.90250 Coordinates: 40°46′41″N74°54′09″W / 40.77806°N 74.90250°W / 40.77806; -74.90250
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Hunterdon
Township Lebanon
Named for Penn Well Mills
Elevation
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413 ft (126 m)
GNIS feature ID879227 [1]

Penwell is an unincorporated community located within Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. [1] [2]

Penwell is a community in the north of Lebanon Township that was also most northern settlement in Hunterdon County. It was known as Penwell dating back to 1866 and was named after the Penn Well Mills on the Musconetcong River. When the property of Sylvanus Hoffman was advertised for sale in 1886, the village was described as being on the Washington Turnpike (now Route 57) and his land "along a stream".[ citation needed ]

The Miller Farmstead, nearby, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and includes a historic stone arch bridge over the Musconetcong River. [3]

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Miller Farmstead (Penwell, New Jersey) United States historic place

The Miller Farmstead is a historic site in New Jersey, United States, located in Mansfield Township in Warren County and Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County, near the community of Penwell, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Penwell". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Areas covering the point (-74.9025,40.778056), MapIt. Accessed May 31, 2015.
  3. national Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for Miller Farmstead, National Park Service. Accessed June 28, 1998. "The Miller Farmstead is a mostly 19th-century assemblage overlooking the Musconetcong River just north of Penwell at the intersection of Route 57 and Watters Road."