Stelton is an

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located within Edison Township in Middlesex County,

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, United States. Established in 1689, the Stelton Baptist Church is the state's second oldest baptist congregation. The present-day

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Edison station was originally constructed at Central Avenue and Plainfield Avenue and named “Stelton” after the Stelle family, early settlers in

Piscatawaytown Piscatawaytown is the oldest neighborhood in Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was established in the 1660s as the original village in what was then within Piscataway Township. Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church ...

who arrived in 1668 and who were still numerous in the area in the 1880s. The Pennsylvania Railroad renamed the station to Edison on October 29, 1956, as part of the changing of names in Edison to reflect the newly honored

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"Edison Township Adopts Fire Code"
''Edison Township and Fords Beacon'', October 11, 1956. Accessed December 11, 2017. "The commissioners were notified that on October 29 at 1:30 o'clock there will be an official ceremony at the Stelton station of the Pennsylvania Railroad , when the station name will be formally changed to Edison." Stelton was home to an anarchist school and colony in the Ferrer school of thought for most of the first half of the 20th century.

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Neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{MiddlesexCountyNJ-geo-stub

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