Griggstown, New Jersey
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| Griggstown Historic District | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Franklin Township, New Jersey  United States |
| Added to NRHP: | 1984 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84002798 |
Griggstown is an unincorporated area and a historic district within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. It was first settled around 1733.
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[edit] Selected sites
- Reformed Church of Griggstown
- Griggstown Quail Farm
- Griggstown Cemetery where nineteen Irish canal workers who died of cholera in an 1832-1833 epidemic are buried
- Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company
- Griggstown Lock of the Delaware and Raritan Canal
- Griggstown Mine
- Sunset Hill Garden
[edit] National Register of Historic Places
The Griggstown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is District #84002798.[1]
[edit] Location
Griggstown is in Franklin Township, New Jersey. It is adjacent to the communities of Kingston, Rocky Hill, Montgomery Township, Kendall Park, and Franklin Park. The closest city of note is Princeton, New Jersey. The Millstone River and the Delaware and Raritan Canal both flow through Griggstown.
Griggstown is accessible via Route 27 (Lincoln Highway), County Route 518 and U.S. Route 206. The major roads in Griggstown are Bunker Hill Road and Canal Road. There is also a small access road with a one-lane bridge known as the Griggstown Causeway that offers access to and from Griggstown as well. The D&R Canal State Park is located on this road in conjunction with the canal side tow-path.
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 Griggstown, NJ |
 Griggstown, NJ |
[edit] Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Griggstown include:
- John Honeyman (1729-1822) an American spy for George Washington. He was primarily responsible for gathering the intelligence crucial to Washington's victory in the Battle of Trenton.[2]
- Paul Muldoon (1951-) writer, academic and educator, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning poet originally from County Armagh, Northern Ireland.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ NEW JERSEY - Somerset County - Historic Districts, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 22, 2007.
- ^ History of Franklin Township, NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Accessed September 22, 2007. "1777:... In Griggstown John Honeyman (with a home that still stands at the foot of Bunker Hill Road and Canal Road) posed as a cattle-trader sympathetic to the British in order to spy on them. Honeyman’s information helped Washington plan the surprise attack on Trenton."
- ^ http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2007/12/15/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc474c97359d08e693545914.prt "Making history in Griggstown"], Princeton Packet, November 27, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2007. "Two presentations by John Allen, president of the Griggstown Historical Society, were made. Mark Alan Hewitt, project architect, received an autographed copy of “Moy Sand & Gravel” by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, a Griggstown resident."
[edit] See also
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