unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located within the
Amwell Valley
The Amwell Valley is a small valley in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, between the Hunterdon Plateau and the Sourlands. It comprises Stockton, parts of Delaware Township, West Amwell, East Amwell, Flemington and Raritan Township. The regio ...
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 census, the county was the state's 4th-least populous county,Flemington and Ringoes along
U.S. Route 202
U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of U.S. Route 2, US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware in the south to Maine in the north and traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, N ...
,
New Jersey Route 31
Route 31 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. It runs from U.S. Route 206/ U.S. Route 1 Business (US 206/US 1 Bus.) in Trenton, Mercer County, north to an intersection with US 46 in the Buttzvill ...
and Copper Hill Road. It was named for the old copper mines in the area.
History
Copper Hill had a post office in 1860. It had a station stop on the Flemington branch of the Belvidere Delaware Railroad. The
Black River and Western Railroad
The Black River and Western Railroad is a freight railroad, freight and heritage railroad operating in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, between Flemington, New Jersey, Flemington, Lambertville, New Jersey, Lambertville and Ringoes, New Jersey, Ring ...