Neshanic and Neshanic Station

von Neshanic Station Historical Society

128 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The villages of Neshanic and Neshanic Station make upthe southern portion of Somerset County, New Jersey.Upper and Lower Neshanic, as they were earlier known, joined over a century ago when the Elm Street Bridge wasbuilt, linking the two villages. Neshanic was a colonialsettlement that grew around the commerce of AmwellRoad and the following of the Reformed Dutch Church ofNeshanic, which was established in 1752. Neshanic Stationcontained only a handful of residences until railroad linesled to the commercial and residential expansion of thevillage in the late 1800s.Today, these two villages exist mainly as residentialcommunities but are linked with the past through thelifelong ties to the villages by their residents. While thecommerce that once occupied this area is gone, its senseof community remains.