Piscatawaytown, New Jersey
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| Coordinates: 40°30′06″N 74°23′45″W / 40.50167°N 74.39583°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Middlesex |
| Township | Edison |
| Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 880876[1] |
Piscatawaytown is a is the oldest neighborhood in Edison Township, New Jersey in Middlesex County, New Jersey in central New Jersey. It originally established in the 1660s as the original village in what was then within Piscataway Township.
Lenape and European contact
The Raritan were bands of the Lenape people living around the Raritan River and its bay, in what is now central New Jersey and Staten Island, New York.
Establishment and naming
Edison was settled New Englanders in the 17th century. In 1666, additional settlers from the Piscataqua River, the state boundary of New Hampshire and Maine moved to region, bringing the name. [2] [3] Other settlements incuded Quibbletown and Raritan Landing.
Municipal boundaries
In 1870 portions of Piscataway, New Jersey and Woodbridge, New Jersey were used to form Raritan, New Jersey,[4] incorporated as Raritan Township on March 17, 1870.[5] It was later renamed Edison, New Jersey.
Historic area and modern neighborhood
The Proprietors of the Province of East New Jersey granted a tract of land for a burial ground and a town common on March 5, 1695. There had been earlier burials at the location, with one readable gravestone dating from 1693. [6][7][8]
Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.[9]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
See also
References
- ^ a b "Stelton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ https://www.digifind-it.com/edison/data/albums%20and%20scrapbooks/Passport%20to%20Edison.pdf.
- ^ Gordon, Thomas Francis (1834). "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map".
- ^ Wall, John P. (1921). History of Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, New Jersey, 1969. p. 170 re Edison Township, p. 173 re Raritan Township.
- ^ "Piscatawaytown Burial Ground" (PDF).
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
RevWarwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Survey, Historic American Buildings. "St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ". www.loc.gov.
- ^ "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.