Lebanon

Identifier
NJS-PLC-00269
Place Type
City, Town, or Village
Description
Lebanon Township is located in the northernmost section of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, bordering Morris County and Warren County. Note that there are now two separate municipalities in Hunterdon County called Lebanon, the larger Lebanon Township and the smaller Lebanon Borough. Although they are now separate, the borough occupies an area that was originally part of Lebanon Township. Archival documents that mention "Lebanon" could be referring to locations in present-day Lebanon Borough, Lebanon Township, or one of the other surrounding municipalities that were originally part of Lebanon Township.

Lebanon Township was established in the early 18th century, sometime before 1731. The township was originally about three times larger than it is today. Early in Lebanon's history, in 1755, a large portion of its territory was annexed to form Tewksbury Township. In the middle of the 19th century, other municipalities began to break off from Lebanon Township. In 1841, a large portion of Lebanon Township was taken to create Clinton Township (and Lebanon Borough would later break off from Clinton). Smaller parts of Lebanon Township became High Bridge, Junction (now Hampton), Califon, and Glen Gardner. Documents related to slavery in all of these areas will be found among Lebanon Township records since all of them used to be part of Lebanon Township during the slavery era.
Locality
Lebanon
County (Modern)
Hunterdon County
State or Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Latitude
40.726369
Longitude
-74.894408
References

See also: Lebanon Borough. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,%5fNew%5fJersey
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_Township,_New_Jersey
Record Contributor
Kate Jackson
Jesse Bayker
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