Vanlieu Corners, New Jersey

Vanlieu Corners, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°26′39″N74°48′22″W / 40.44417°N 74.80611°W / 40.44417; -74.80611
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	East Amwell
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	881433 [1]

Vanlieu Corners (also Van Liew's Corners or Vanlieus Corner) is an unincorporated community in East Amwell Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1881, the settlement consisted of a small cluster of residences, surrounding the Chamberlin & Van Liew store. Vanlieu Corners was in the same school district as Wertsville. ^[3] Today, the area is at the corner of Wertsville Road (County Route 602) and Rileyville Road (CR 607) and consists of mostly farmland on the north slope of the Sourland Mountain. ^[4]

A map of Hunterdon County from 1851 identifies the community as Vanlieus Corner and indicates a few structures west of the intersection. The Vanlieus Store was located on the north side of Wertsville Road just west of Rileyville Road and the Vanlieus Hotel was located in the south west corner of the intersection. J Hagaman owned a wheel right shop on the east side of Rileyville Road just south of Wertsville Road. ^[5]

A few structures survive today from the historic community. The house at 280 Wertsville Road is one of the oldest, constructed circa 1750 ^[6] . This is roughly where the Hagaman Wheel Right shop is indicated on the 1851 county map. 254 ^[7] and 260 Wertsville Road ^[8] were both built in circa 1800. It is unclear if these are the houses seen on the 1851 county map belonging to H Stout and E Sheperd respectively. Finally 251 and 281 Wertsville Road do not have construction dates listed, but their stone foundations indicate these houses are also historic to the 1800s at least.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vanlieu Corners
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. Listed as Vanliews Corners.
3. Snell, James P. (1881). History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. pp.  356.
4. "Aerial view of Vanlieu Corners" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved September 12, 2015.
5. "Map of Hunterdon County, New Jersey : entirely from original surveys". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
6. "Detailed information on 280 WERTSVILLE ROAD , owned by Redacted - NJParcels.com". njparcels.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
7. "Detailed information on 254 WERTSVILLE ROAD , owned by Redacted - NJParcels.com". njparcels.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
8. "Detailed information on 260 WERTSVILLE ROAD , owned by Redacted - NJParcels.com". njparcels.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.