Cottageville is an
unincorporated community
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located within
South Brunswick Township in
Middlesex County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. The settlement is located along Davidson Mill Road (formerly named Cottageville Road) at the former
Newark–Trenton Fast Line right-of-way, now a
PSE&G transmission line
In electrical engineering, a transmission line is a specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves in a contained manner. The term applies when the conductors are long enough that the wave nature of the transmis ...
corridor. The trolley stop at the settlement allowed for summer cottages to be built in the area leading to the area's name.
Today, some of the older homes remain in addition to a summer camp, forest land, and PSE&G's Deans
substation.
References
South Brunswick, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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