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Stelton (company)
Stelton may refer to: *Stelton, New Jersey Stelton is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1689, the Stelton Baptist Church is the state's second oldest baptist congregation. The present-day NJ Transit ... ** Stelton Baptist Church, Edison **Stelton station, now called Edison (NJT station) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelton, New Jersey
Stelton is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1689, the Stelton Baptist Church is the state's second oldest baptist congregation. The present-day NJ Transit Edison station was originally constructed at Central Avenue and Plainfield Avenue and named “Stelton” after the Stelle family, early settlers in Piscatawaytown who arrived in 1668 and who were still numerous in the area in the 1880s. The Pennsylvania Railroad renamed the station to Edison on October 29, 1956, as part of the changing of names in Edison to reflect the newly honored Thomas Alva Edison.Staff"Edison Township Adopts Fire Code" ''Edison Township and Fords Beacon'', October 11, 1956. Accessed December 11, 2017. "The commissioners were notified that on October 29 at 1:30 o'clock there will be an official ceremony at the Stelton station of the Pennsylvania Railroad , when the station name will be formally changed to Edison." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelton Baptist Church, Edison
The Stelton Baptist Church is in the Stelton section of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is the second oldest Baptist Church in New Jersey and the tenth oldest in the United States. History The congregation was formed in the spring of 1689, and among its original members was the Stelle family, after whom the Stelton section of Edison, New Jersey is named. Up until 1875 the church was known as the First Baptist Church of Piscataway. The land occupied by the church and cemetery at Stelton was purchased in April 1731. The first church was erected in 1748, and that building was taken down and rebuilt in 1825. This building was destroyed by a fire on New Year's Day, January 1, 1851. In 1870 portions of Piscataway, New Jersey and Woodbridge, New Jersey Woodbridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a major bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |