unincorporated community
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Hunterdon County
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,U.S. state of
New Jersey
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at the intersection of CR-620/Dreahook Rd and CR 523. The name is a corruption of Driehoek (drie-three and hoek-corner, as in corners of a triangle), which is the Dutch word for triangle.Brachin, Pierre. "The Dutch language: a survey". Leiden: Brill Archive, 1985. Pg 15. It was likely named for the triangle created by the settlement in its relation to the early roads to Flemington, Whitehouse Station,
Readington Village
Readington Village is an unincorporated community located within Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that is centered on the converging of Readington Road, Hillcrest Road, Centerville Road and Brookview Roa ...
Dreahook Creek
Dreahook Creek is a left tributary of Holland Brook in Readington, New Jersey. It begins on township owned land near Creek Road and Dreahook Road. It merges with another small tributary (East Dreahook Creek) on the east side of County Route 620 ...
and
Holland Brook
Holland Brook is a tributary of the South Branch Raritan River in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey in the United States.
Holland Brook flows through Readington and Branchburg. It is the last tributary of the South Branch Raritan Ri ...
both pass through the area of the former village. Dreahook village once had blacksmith shop, a school and a store. Settlers farmed the land here because of the rich soil along the base of
Cushetunk Mountain
Cushetunk Mountain (formerly Mount Ployden and Pickel's Mountain occasionally Mount Cushetunk or Coshanton) is a ring shaped mountain in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located in Readington and Clinton Township in Hunterdon County. The Lenape ...
. There are still numerous farms in the area, including the Readington River Buffalo Farm between Dreahook and
Stanton Stanton may refer to:
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* Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote
* Stanton, Gloucestershire
* Stanton, Northumberland
* Stanton, Staffordshire
* Stanton, Suffolk
* New Stanton, Derbyshire
* Stanton by Bri ...