Readingsburg, New Jersey
Readingsburg, also known as Stone Mill, is an unincorporated community located along the South Branch Raritan River within Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.The community is centered at County Route 639 at the intersection of Raritan River Road and Cokesbury Road, and is located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northeast of Spruce Run Reservoir and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east-southeast of Hampton.Readingsburg is located in New Jersey's Highlands geographical province, in northern Hunterdon County at the mouth of the Ken Lockwood Gorge in the narrow, heavily wooded valley cut by the south branch of the Raritan River through the first hills rising above the Piedmont lowlands. The small hamlet hugs the east bank of the south branch at the intersection of a road crossing the river with another following its east bank. A water power site first utilized in the second quarter of the 19th century provided the nucleus for the settlement which consists of several houses clustered around the cross roads as well as mill sites up and down stream from the bridge and two houses on the west bag of the river. The community is surrounded mostly by Woodland with scattered dwellings. The town of Highbridge is located about 1 mile south of Readingsburg; the village of Cokesbury lies several miles to the east. The hamlet of Readingsburg, also called Stone Mill, is the site of 18th and 19th Century watered powered mills. According to a previous State Historical marker, since removed, it was placed on the State Register of historic sites in 1999. Previous owners and operators of the Mill lived in the stone house located at 2 Stone Mill Road, Annandale NJ 98801. The building located at 450 Cokesbury Road was the General Store.
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N 40.681944444444 ° | E -74.876944444444 ° |
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Cokesbury Road
Cokesbury Road
08801
New Jersey, United States
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