New Market is an
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
Piscataway Piscataway may refer to:
*Maryland (place)
**Piscataway, Maryland, an unincorporated community
** Piscataway Creek, Maryland
** Piscataway Park, historical park at the mouth of Piscataway Creek
** Siege of Piscataway, siege of Susquehannock fort sou ...
in
Middlesex County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
. It was also known historically as Quibbletown, so called because of a dispute as to whether the
Sabbath
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was on Saturday or Sunday.
Columbus Park
The Columbus Park playground with areas for baseball and tennis is located at 250 11th Street. The Columbus Park gazebo area located at the west end on New Market Pond is often used for concerts. The
Battle of Quibbletown
The Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War between January and March 1777, following the battles of Trenton and Princeton. After both Britis ...
, fought on February 8, 1777, was commemorated in the park for the 350th anniversary of the township's founding in 2016.
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Piscataway, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey