Oldwick is an
unincorporated community
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located within
Tewksbury Township in
Hunterdon County,
New Jersey
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, United States. The area is served as
United States Postal Service
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ZIP Code 08858. As of the
2000 United States Census
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, the population for
ZIP Code Tabulation Area
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08858 was 177. The 2010 census data indicate a population of 144, comprising 68 housing units.
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
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parish in New Jersey.
Justus Falckner Justus Falckner (November 22, 1672 – September 21, 1723) was an early American Lutheran minister and the first Lutheran pastor to be ordained within the region that became the United States. Falckner's published works include ''Grondlycke Onderric ...
of
New York
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, the first
Lutheran
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clergyman ever ordained in America, led the worshipers at the founding ceremony on August 1, 1714. The noted German Lutheran pastor,
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
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Integral to the ...
, was a member of this congregation from 1759 to 1760.
Oldwick is the corporate headquarters of the
A. M. Best
AM Best is an American credit rating agency headquartered in Oldwick, New Jersey, that focuses on the insurance industry. Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have designated ...
rating agency
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, and is the location of Mane Stream, formerly the Somerset Hills Handicapped Riding Center for
adaptive riding and equine assisted therapy.
Demographics
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Oldwick include:
*
Frederica von Stade
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(born 1945), opera singer.
*
Kate Whitman Annis (born c. 1977), general manager of the
Metropolitan Riveters
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of the
National Women's Hockey League
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.
*
George David Weiss
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He is an inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Biography
Weiss was born in a Jewish f ...
(1921–2010), songwriter and former President of the
Songwriters Guild of America.
Fox, Margalit
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"George David Weiss, Writer of Hit Pop Songs, Dies at 89"
''The New York Times
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'', August 23, 2010. Accessed August 23, 2010.
Gallery
File:Oldwick, New Jersey (1900).jpeg, Oldwick (then "New Germantown"), 1900
File:Oldwick General Store.JPG, Oldwick General Store
Image:House in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG, House
Image:Donkeys on a farm in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG, Donkeys on a farm
Image:Church in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG, Church now an antique store
Image:Street scene in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG, Street scene
References
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Tewksbury Township, New Jersey
Palatine German settlement in New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey