Townsbury, New Jersey
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  Townsbury, New Jersey Location of Townsbury in Warren County. Inset: Location of Warren County within the state of New Jersey  Townsbury, New Jersey Townsbury, New Jersey (New Jersey)  Townsbury, New Jersey Townsbury, New Jersey (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°51′03″N 74°56′01″W / 40.85083°N 74.93361°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Warren |
| Township | Liberty |
| Named for | Benjamin and John Town |
| Elevation | 157 m (515 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 881225[1] |
Townsbury is an unincorporated community located within Liberty Township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Townsbury
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ Cummins, George Wyckoff (1911). History of Warren County, New Jersey. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 176. OL 24171900M.
- ^ Industries of New Jersey. Historical Publishing Company. 1882. pp. 129. OL 24332547M.
- ^ Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, Issues 112-121. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1893. p. 118.
- ^ 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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