Western Precinct

Identifier
NJS-PLC-00478
Place Type
City, Town, or Village
Description
From about 1745 to 1798, Somerset County was subdivided into administrative precincts. Hillsborough split off from the Western Precinct in 1771, and the remaining portion of the precinct became Montgomery township in 1798. The Western Precinct also included within its jurisdiction the communities of Millstone, Rocky Hill, and a portion of Princeton.
Locality
Western Precinct
County (Modern)
Somerset County
State or Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Latitude
40.431
Longitude
-74.666
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 226.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_precinct,_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Linked Places

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