. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings. ary. Thereare in the township 9 stores, 4 grist-m., 5 saw-m. ; cap. in manu-fac. $7,450 ; 8 schools, 274 scholars* Pop. 1,944. New Germantown is in the SE. part of the township, on theroad from Somerville to Schooleys mountain, 14 miles NE. fromFlemington, and 45 from Trenton. The village is on
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings. ary. Thereare in the township 9 stores, 4 grist-m., 5 saw-m. ; cap. in manu-fac. $7,450 ; 8 schools, 274 scholars* Pop. 1,944. New Germantown is in the SE. part of the township, on theroad from Somerville to Schooleys mountain, 14 miles NE. fromFlemington, and 45 from Trenton. The village is on a slight ac-clivity descending to the N. It is built on several streets, at right-angles to each other. The surrounding country is hilly, and veryproductive of wheat and corn. Much lime is burnt and used inthe vicinity ; and agriculture has, in consequence, much improvedwithin the last 15 years. It contains 4 stores, a tannery, 1wheelwright, 1 cabinet-maker, 2 blacksmiths, 2 saddlers, 3 shoe-makers, 1 cooper, 2 tailors, an academy, a Methodist and a Luther-an church, and 55 dwellings. 256 MERCER COUNTY. The annexed view was taken from Hylers hill, a small eminenceabout | of a mile N. of the village. On the right is seen the acad-,emy, the building with a spire. The large structure near the cen-. North View of New Germantown. tre of the engraving is the Evangelical Lutheran church, which isbuilt of stone, and plastered. It was first erected in 1750, and re-built in 1830. The Methodist church, a neat edifice, situated in thecentral part of the village, was erected about 18 years since. Pot-tersville, on Lamington river, in this township, near the angle ofHunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties, contains a store, a foun-dry, a grist and fulling m., and 8 or 10 dwellings. There is an ex-tensive quarry of pudding-stone marble, near New Germantown,which admits of a splendid polish ; but the proprietors, instead ofusing it to grace the column or capital, burn it into lime, andthereby
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