Cottrell Corners is an
unincorporated community
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located within
Old Bridge Township in
Middlesex County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
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.
Located at the corner of Old Bridge-Matawan Road (
County Route 516) and Cottrell Road, the area is named for the Cottrell Family who owned an
apple
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farm
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at the crossroads since before the
United States
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was founded.
Though the last parcel of the farmland had originally been sold to a developer in 2002, the Middlesex County
Freeholder Board purchased the property and intends to preserve it.
[ In addition to the farm, the area contains stores, a ]townhouse
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development, and is the seat of the Old Bridge municipal offices and library.
References
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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