Springtown is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located at the intersection of Springtown Road ( County Route 519) and the

Pohatcong Creek Pohatcong Creek (also called the Pohatcong River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United ...

in Pohatcong Township, Warren County, New Jersey. It was named after the many small springs in the valley.

History

In the 1850s, the village had two distilleries and three

gristmill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

Points of interest

The

Hixson–Skinner Mill Complex The Hixson–Skinner Mill Complex, also known as Cole's Grist Mill Complex, encompasses a historic grist mill and two houses located where Still Valley Road crosses the Pohatcong Creek, about one half mile east of Springtown, in Pohatcong Townsh ...

, also known as Cole's Grist Mill Complex, was added to the

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in 1982 for its significance in commerce and industry. The

Hixson–Mixsell House The Hixson–Mixsell House, also known as the Springtown Stagecoach Inn, is a historic building at 157 County Route 519 in the village of Springtown, in Pohatcong Township, Warren County, New Jersey. The main block was built , with a rear wing b ...

, also known as the Springtown Stagecoach Inn, was added to the NRHP in 2014 for its significance in architecture.

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* * {{Warren County, New Jersey Pohatcong Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Warren County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey