Townsbury, New Jersey

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Townsbury, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Townsbury, New Jersey
Location of Townsbury in Warren County. Inset: Location of Warren County within the state of New Jersey
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Townsbury, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°51′03″N74°56′01″W / 40.85083°N 74.93361°W / 40.85083; -74.93361 Coordinates: 40°51′03″N74°56′01″W / 40.85083°N 74.93361°W / 40.85083; -74.93361
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Warren
Township Liberty
Named for Benjamin and John Town
Elevation
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157 m (515 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID881225 [1]

Townsbury is an unincorporated community located within Liberty Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. [1] [2]

Townsbury is located on U.S. Route 46, approximately 12 mi (19 km) west of Hackettstown. The Pequest River flows through the settlement.

History

The settlement was first called "Meng's Mill", named for John Meng, an early settler who established a grist mill here. [1] [3] In the 1780s, the mill was owned by Benjamin Town and John Town, the settlement's namesake.

By 1882, Townsbury had a post office, grist mill, lumber mill, and a "good local trade". The population was 102. [4]

A line of the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway passed through Townsbury. [5] The abandoned railbed now forms the Pequest Wildlife Management Area Trail, a recreational rail trail between Townsbury and Buttzville. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Townsbury
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Cummins, George Wyckoff (1911). History of Warren County, New Jersey. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp.  176. OL   24171900M.
  4. ↑ Industries of New Jersey. Historical Publishing Company. 1882. pp.  129. OL   24332547M.
  5. ↑ Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, Issues 112-121. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1893. p. 118.
  6. ↑ Treese, Lorett (2006). Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape. Stackpole Books. p. 95. ISBN   9780811732604.


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