Pleasant Run was a hamlet in
Readington Township,
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
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of
New Jersey
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. Located along
Campbell's Brook (now also called Pleasant Run), the hamlet consisted of farms, a schoolhouse and a general store. The brook was named after John Campbell, who purchased the land around it in 1685.
[Readington Township Historic Preservation]
''Readington Township: Images of America''
Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing
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, 2008. .
References
Unincorporated communities in Readington Township, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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