. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. hthorse, commanded byCornet Cook. 47 370 MONMOUTH COUNTY. UPPER FREEHOLD. This township is about 15 miles long, 10 wide, and is boundedN. by E. Windsor, Mercer co., E. by Freehold, 8. by Dover, andW. by Hanover, Burlington co. The surface is level, the south-eastern part covered with pines. There are some excellent farmsin the township, particularly on a strip of land called Cream ridge,running centrally across it. There are in the township 23 stores, 7tanneries, 2 £ 1 saw-m. ; 18 schools, scholars. ,02
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. hthorse, commanded byCornet Cook. 47 370 MONMOUTH COUNTY. UPPER FREEHOLD. This township is about 15 miles long, 10 wide, and is boundedN. by E. Windsor, Mercer co., E. by Freehold, 8. by Dover, andW. by Hanover, Burlington co. The surface is level, the south-eastern part covered with pines. There are some excellent farmsin the township, particularly on a strip of land called Cream ridge,running centrally across it. There are in the township 23 stores, 7tanneries, 2 £ 1 saw-m. ; 18 schools, scholars. ,020 inl865,2,922. AUentown was probably first settled about the year 1700. It ison the road from Bordentown to Freehold, 8 miles from the former,18 from the latter, and 11 from Trenton. It is a village of con-siderable business, and contains an academy, a grist and two sawmills, 6 mercantile stores. 1 Methodist church, 1 do. for coloredpersons, a Presbyterian church, about 100 dwellings, and 5 or 600inhabitants. A little west of the village, on the road to Trenton, is. ( View of the Presbyterian Church, AUentown. a woollen ftictory and several dwellings. The principal part of thevillage is on the E. side of Doctors creek. On the western bankof this stream, on a gentle elevation, stands the Presbyterian church,a substantial brick structure erected in 1837 ; this society wasfounded in 175(>, and the Methodist about the year 1810. Justprevious to the battle of Monmouth the British marched throughthe village and encamped on Montgomery hill. New Egypt, a flourishing village near the western line of thecounty, contains 2 stores, and about 500 inhabitants. The soil islight, but made fertile by marl and lime. Indaystown, Horners-town, Prospertown, Goshen, Varmintown. Cat-tail, and Cabbage-town, are small villages or neigliborhoods in the township ; thefirst of which is a post-village, containing a store, tannery, a gristand a saw mill, 1 wheelwright, 1 cabinet-maker, 1 saddler, 1 bla
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