Griggstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.[6][7][8][9] As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 819.[10] The area was first settled around 1733.
Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States
Many of the earliest European settlers of the area came from Gravesend, Brooklyn. Among these settlers were four sons born to John and Elizabeth Griggs: Benjamin (b. 1690), Daniel, Samuel, and Thomas. Griggstown was named after Benjamin Griggs, who established a grist mill on the Millstone River that served as a meeting place for the European farmers of the area and as such the center of the community that would become Griggstown.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.519 square miles (6.524km2), including 2.447 square miles (6.338km2) of land and 0.072 square miles (0.187km2) of water (2.86%).[1][2]
Griggstown is accessible via Route 27 (Lincoln Highway), County Route 518 and U.S. Route 206. The major roads in Griggstown are Bunker Hill Road and Canal Road. There is also a small access road with a one-lane bridge(at one time referred to as "twin bridges") known as the Griggstown Causeway that offers access to and from Griggstown as well. The D&R Canal State Park is located on this road in conjunction with the canal side tow-path.[11]
Selected sites
Griggstown Quail Farm
Griggstown Cemetery where nineteen Irish canal workers who died of cholera in an 1832-1833 epidemic are buried.[11]
The 2010 United States census counted 819 people, 346 households, and 230 families in the CDP. The population density was 334.7 per square mile (129.2/km2). There were 364 housing units at an average density of 148.8 per square mile (57.5/km2). The racial makeup was 86.81% (711) White, 2.81% (23) Black or African American, 0.24% (2) Native American, 4.03% (33) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 2.56% (21) from other races, and 3.54% (29) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.23% (51) of the population.[10]
Of the 346 households, 25.7% had children under the age of 18; 57.2% were married couples living together; 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.5% were non-families. Of all households, 27.2% were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.92.[10]
18.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 32.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 101.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 101.5 males.[10]
Historic district
United States historic place
Griggstown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Bridge Tender's House and bridge over the Delaware and Raritan Canal
Location
Roughly Canal Road from Old Georgetown Road to Ten Mile Run
The Griggstown Historic District is a 861-acre (348ha) national historic district encompassing the community along Canal Road from Old Georgetown Road to Ten Mile Run. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1984 for its significance in agriculture, architecture, commerce, industry, and transportation. The district includes 68 contributing buildings. The Griggstown Reformed Church was established in 1842 as the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Griggstown. The building was dedicated on August 8, 1843 and features Greek Revival architecture. The Bridge Tender's House, the Bridge Tender’s Station and the Lock Tender's House, all built for the Delaware and Raritan Canal, are contributing buildings.[14]
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Griggstown include:
Benjamin Griggs (1690-1768), founder of the grist mill after which Griggstown took its name.
John Honeyman (1729-1822), American spy for George Washington. He was primarily responsible for gathering the intelligence crucial to Washington's victory in the Battle of Trenton.[15]
Paul Muldoon (born 1951) writer, academic and educator, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning poet originally from County Armagh, Northern Ireland.[16]
Gallery
Bridge Tender’s Station
Lock Tender's House
John Honeyman House
The Griggstown Causeway over the Millstone River
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey
History of Franklin Township, NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Accessed September 22, 2007. "1777:... In Griggstown John Honeyman (with a home that still stands at the foot of Bunker Hill Road and Canal Road) posed as a cattle-trader sympathetic to the British in order to spy on them. Honeyman's information helped Washington plan the surprise attack on Trenton."
"Making history in Griggstown". Princeton Packet. November 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2008. Two presentations by John Allen, president of the Griggstown Historical Society, were made. Mark Alan Hewitt, project architect, received an autographed copy of Moy Sand & Gravel by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, a Griggstown resident.[permanent dead link]
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