Piscatawaytown, New Jersey | |
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_just_north_of_Middlesex_County_Route_514_(Woodbridge_Avenue)_in_Edison_Township,_Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey.jpg) County Route 529 (Plainfield Avenue) in Piscatawaytown, facing north | |
  Piscatawaytown Location in Middlesex County  Piscatawaytown Piscatawaytown (New Jersey)  Piscatawaytown Piscatawaytown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°30′06″N 74°23′45″W / 40.50167°N 74.39583°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Middlesex |
| Township | Edison |
| Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 880876[1] |
Piscatawaytown is the oldest neighborhood in Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was established in the 1660s as the original village in what was then within Piscataway. Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church, the Piscatawaytown Burial Ground and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ a b "Stelton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage. "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison", TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."
- ^ "Revolutionary War Sites in Edison, New Jersey". revolutionarywarnewjersey.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ Survey, Historic American Buildings. "St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ". www.loc.gov.