Griggstown, New Jersey

Griggstown Historic District
Griggstown Historic District
Location: Franklin Township, New Jersey  United States
NRHP Reference#: 84002798
Added to NRHP: 1984

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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National Register of Historic Places

The Griggstown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is District #84002798.[2]

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(at one time referred to as "twin bridges") 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.[1]

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Griggstown include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b William B. Brahms, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History, FTPL; ISBN 0-9668586-0-3
  2. ^ New Jersey - Somerset County - Historic Districts, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed September 22, 2007.
  3. ^ 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."
  4. ^ "Making history in Griggstown". Princeton Packet. November 27, 2007. http://www.packetonline.com/articles/2007/12/15/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc474c97359d08e693545914.prt. Retrieved 2008-07-24. "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." 

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