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Oldwick is an unincorporated community located within Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.[4] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08858. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08858 was 177.[5] The 2010 census data indicate a population of 144,[6] comprising 68 housing units.[7]

Oldwick, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Businesses in Oldwick
Oldwick, New Jersey
Oldwick's location in Hunterdon County (Inset: Hunterdon County in New Jersey)
Oldwick, New Jersey
Oldwick, New Jersey (New Jersey)
Oldwick, New Jersey
Oldwick, New Jersey (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°40′21″N 74°44′51″W
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyHunterdon
TownshipTewksbury
Area
[1]
 • Total1.80 sq mi (4.67 km2)
 • Land1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
217 ft (66 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total445
 • Density247.50/sq mi (95.54/km2)
ZIP code
08858
GNIS feature ID0878982[3]

Oldwick was formerly known as New Germantown. It has a mixture of Victorian, Federal, New England and Georgian style homes, and is protected by historic legislation. Historic sites within Oldwick include the Kline Farmhouse and the Oldwick Historic District.

Zion Lutheran Church in Oldwick was the oldest Lutheran parish in New Jersey.[8] Justus Falckner of New York, the first Lutheran clergyman ever ordained in America, led the worshipers at the founding ceremony on August 1, 1714. The noted German Lutheran pastor, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was a member of this congregation from 1759 to 1760.[9]

Oldwick is the corporate headquarters of the A. M. Best rating agency, and is the location of Mane Stream, formerly the Somerset Hills Handicapped Riding Center for adaptive riding and equine assisted therapy.


Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2020445—
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

Notable people


See also: Category:People from Tewksbury Township, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Oldwick include:



See also: Oldwick Historic District

References


  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  3. "Oldwick". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  4. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  5. "from the United States Census Bureau for year 2000 data. Accessed April 30, 2018". Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  6. "2010 Demographic Profile Data, retrieved January 19, 2017". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  7. "08858 - Community Facts, US Census Bureau, retrieved January 19, 2017". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  8. Zion Lutheran Church
  9. Zion Lutheran Church History (Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Oldwick) Archived March 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  11. Abrams, Bernie. "Native daughter comes home", New Jersey Hills, June 11, 2007. Accessed May 1, 2022. "Her roots, she admits, run very deep in the area though she now lives in California. She grew up in the Oldwick section of Tewksbury Township where, at the Country Day School, her teacher Miss Noling encouraged von Stade's vocal development in performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas."
  12. "Like mother, like daughter - Kate Whitman enters Somerset County freeholder contest", New Jersey Hills, January 31, 2017. Accessed November 19, 2020. "Whitman grew up in Far Hills, later moving to the Oldwick section of Tewksbury Township when her parents took over her maternal grandparents' farm."
  13. Fox, Margalit. "George David Weiss, Writer of Hit Pop Songs, Dies at 89", The New York Times, August 23, 2010. Accessed August 23, 2010.
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