Eastern Precinct

Identifier
NJS-PLC-00476
Place Type
City, Town, or Village
Alternate Name
Estering Precinct
Description
From about 1745 to 1798, Somerset County was subdivided into administrative precincts. The Eastern Precinct included modern-day Franklin Township and South Bound Brook. In early administrative records (up until about 1777), the name of this precinct was often spelled "Estering."
Locality
Eastern Precinct
County (Modern)
Somerset County
State or Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Latitude
40.49
Longitude
-74.485
References

John P. Snyder, The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries, 1606–1968 (Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969; New Jersey Geological Survey, 2004), https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf. Page 222.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_precinct,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Linked Places

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