Sergeantsville, New Jersey | |
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 Delaware Township Hall in Sergeantsville | |
  Sergeantsville, New Jersey Sergeantsville's location in Hunterdon County (Inset: Hunterdon County in New Jersey)  Sergeantsville, New Jersey Sergeantsville, New Jersey (New Jersey)  Sergeantsville, New Jersey Sergeantsville, New Jersey (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°26′45″N 74°56′37″W / 40.44583°N 74.94361°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Hunterdon |
| Township | Delaware |
| Named for | Charles Sergeant |
| Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
| ZIP code | 08557 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0880475[1] |
Sergeantsville Historic District | |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000972[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | December 2, 2009 |
Sergeantsville is a historic unincorporated community located within Delaware Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
Sergeantsville was first settled by a Mr. Thatcher in 1700, and was later named for Charles Sergeant, an American Revolutionary War soldier, in honor of the Sergeant family of which three brothers were local shopkeepers. "Out-of-towners give themselves away when they pronounce the first syllable 'sarge'; it's 'serge.'" Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, constructed in 1872 across the Wickecheoke Creek, is located just west of Sergeantsville and is the oldest remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.[4]
Sergeantsville was officially created in 1827 when it became desirable to establish a post office. Until that time, this largely rural area was known as "Skunktown", perhaps because the town served as a market center for skunk pelts.[5]
Sergeantsville's annual "Thanksgiving in the Country" house tour, established in 1973, takes four or five different homes each year, that have historical, architectural or cultural qualities.[6]
- ^ "Sergeantsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
- ^ Cohen, Joyce. "Havens; Weekender | Sergeantsville, N.J.", The New York Times, September 13, 2002. Accessed April 8, 2023.
- ^ Mercer, Michelle. "New England? No, New Jersey!", new Jersey Monthly, October 2007. Accessed December 12, 2007. "In the eighteenth century, Sergeantsville was known as Skunktown due to its heavy trade in black-and-white pelts."
- ^ Thanksgiving in the Country. Accessed December 12, 2007.