Sergeantsville, New Jersey | |
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 Delaware Township Hall in Sergeantsville | |
  Sergeantsville, New Jersey Sergeantsville's location in Hunterdon County (Inset: Hunterdon County in New Jersey)  Sergeantsville, New Jersey Sergeantsville, New Jersey (New Jersey)  Sergeantsville, New Jersey Sergeantsville, New Jersey (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°26′45″N74°56′37″W / 40.44583°N 74.94361°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Hunterdon |
| Township | Delaware |
| Named for | Charles Sergeant |
| Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
| ZIP code | 08557 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0880475 [1] |
Sergeantsville Historic District | |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000972 [2] |
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| Added to NRHP | December 2, 2009 |
Sergeantsville (pronounced "SIR-jints-vil" [3] ) is a historic unincorporated community located within Delaware Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [4]
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Sergeantsville was first settled by a Mr. Thatcher in 1700, and was later named for Charles Sergeant, an American Revolutionary War soldier, in honor of the Sergeant family of which three brothers were local shopkeepers. "Out-of-towners give themselves away when they pronounce the first syllable 'sarge'; it's 'serge.'" Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, constructed in 1872 across the Wickecheoke Creek, is located just west of Sergeantsville and is the oldest remaining covered bridge in New Jersey. [5]
Sergeantsville was names in 1827 when it became desirable to establish a post office. Until that time, this largely rural area was known as "Skunktown", perhaps because the town served as a market center for skunk pelts. [6]
Sergeantsville's annual "Thanksgiving in the Country" house tour, established in 1973, takes four or five different homes each year, that have historical, architectural or cultural qualities. [7]
