New Durham was an
unincorporated community
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and now a neighborhood located within
Edison in
Middlesex County,
New Jersey
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,
United States
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, south of
Dismal Swamp.
Along with
Piscatawaytown,
Bonhamtown,
New Dover and
Stelton, New Durham is one of the older historical crossroad communities established in Edison (either as once part of Piscataway or Woodbridge before the establishment of Raritan Township, as Edison was earlier known). It was described in 1834 as having a tavern, a store, and a half-dozen dwellings.
See also
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Edison, New Jersey natural gas explosion
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List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey is a Township (New Jersey), township in Middlesex County, New Jersey in central New Jersey. The township was originally founded as the settlement of Piscatawaytown, New Jersey, Piscatawaytown, a small neighborhood that still e ...
References
Neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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