Griggstown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Griggstown Historic District
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. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Map of Franklin Township in Somerset County Blackwells Mills Canal House in the Somerset section of Franklin Township Franklin Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Unincorporated areas in the state of New Jersey are communities that are part of one or more incorporated municipalities. ... Map of Franklin Township in Somerset County Blackwells Mills Canal House in the Somerset section of Franklin Township Franklin Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. ... Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

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

The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) was a canal in central New Jersey that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. ...

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] A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Location

The Griggstown Causeway over the Millstone River

The Griggstown Bridge over the Delaware and Raritan Canal

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. Map of Kingston Village in Middlesex and Somerset Counties Kingston is a census-designated place and unincorporated area that has been officially designated as a Village Center by the New Jersey State Planning Commission. ... Rocky Hill is a borough located in Somerset County, New Jersey. ... Montgomery Township is a township located in Somerset County, New Jersey. ... Map of Kendall Park CDP in Middlesex County Kendall Park is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within South Brunswick Township, in Middlesex County, and Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. ... Franklin Park is an unincorporated area within portions of North Brunswick Township in Middlesex County and Franklin Township in Somerset County, in New Jersey, United States. ... Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ... The Millstone River is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States. ...

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. Route 27 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States, running along the original alignment for U.S. Route 1. ... For the Australian highway, see Lincoln Highway (Australia). ... County Route 518 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... U.S. Route 206 is a north-south United States highway in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, United States. ...

Pictures

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Griggstown, NJ

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]

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References

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See also

• Griggstown cow

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Coordinates: 40°26′16″N, 74°36′48″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...