Middlesex County, New Jersey
Agnew, Thomas I., House
Ayers-Allen House
Barron Library
Bishop, James, House
Buccleuch Mansion
Cedar Grove School
Christ Episcopal Church
Cranbury Historic District
Demarest House
Dutch Reformed Church
Edison, Thomas A., Memorial Tower
Ensley-Mount-Buckalew House
First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Fitz-Randolph, Ephraim, House
Freeman, Mary Wilkins, House
Goldman House
Great Beds Light Station
Guest, Henry, House
Gulick House
Helme, G. W., Snuff Mill District
Holmes-Tallman House
Inness, George, House
Ivy Hall
Jarrard, Levi D., House
Johnson, William H., House
Kearney, Edward S., House
Kearny, Lawrence, House
King Block
King's Highway Historic District
Laing House of Plainfield Plantation
Livingston Avenue Historic District
Livingston Homestead
Livingston Manor Historic District
Main Post Office
Metlar House
Metuchen Borough Hall
Middlesex Avenue-Woodwild Park Historic District
Milltown India Rubber Company
National Musical String Company
New Brunswick Station
New Jersey Hall
Old Bridge Historic District
Old Cranbury School
Old Queen's
Old School Baptist Church and Cemetery
Onderdonk, Isaac, House
Perth Amboy City Hall and Surveyor General's Office
Perth Amboy Ferry Slip
Perth Amboy Station
Poile Zedek Synagogue
Princeton Nurseries Historic District
Proprietary House
Queen's Campus, Rutgers University
Randolphville Bridge
Road Up Raritan Historic District
Roosevelt Hospital
Rutgers Preparatory School
Saint Mary of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church
Saint Peter the Apostle Church
Sayre and Fisher Reading Room
Shotwell, Benjamin, House
Simpson United Methodist Church
Smock, Matthias, House
St. Mary's Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Peters Church and Buildings
Trinity Episcopal Church
United States Post Office
White, Joseph and Minnie, House
Wicoff, John Van Buren, House
Withington Estate
Wood Lawn
125 Freeman Street
125 Green Street
1950 South Amboy Explosion
247 Green Street
44 Green Street
510 East Avenue
A Snapshot of Woodbridge History
Aaron Dunn Homestead/Jost-Keating House
Adath Israel Synagogue
African-American Contributions
Air-Inflated Double-Layer Polyethylene Greenhouse
Alexander Hamilton Horse Artillery Battery
Alexander Johnston Hall
All Shapes, Sizes and Materials
Ambo Point
Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple
Arthur Kill / Staten Island Sound
Barron Arts Center
Barron Estate
Barron House
Barron Library
Basilone Memorial Bridge
Basilone Memorial Bridge
Bloomfield House c. 1750
Borough of Helmetta
Boynton Beach & Sewaren House Hotel
Boynton Beach Popular Seaside Resort
Brigadier General Anthony Walton White grave marker
Buccleuch
Buccleuch Mansion
Burial site of "Elsie"
Camp Kilmer
Cannon Brothers' Park
Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen
Cedar Cliff
Christ Church
Christ Church Parish
City Hall
Class of 1924 Memorial
College Hall
Colonia Country Club
Colonia Memorials
Colonia Triangle
Colonia Triangle & Colonia Library
Colored Burial Ground
Cooper-Neuberg House
Coopers Dairy Farm
Cranberry Mills
Cross Keys Tavern
Cross Keys Tavern
Cuban Howitzer
Daniel S. Schanck Observatory
Danish Home
Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land
Devonshire
Dey Farm Historic Site Monroe Township
Dr. Fred Albee & U.S. General Hospital No. 3
Dr. Moses Bloomfield House
Eisenhower Tree
Elizabeth Lawrence
Embassy Theatre
Enslavement and the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade
First Air Mail Delivery Flight in New Jersey
First Baptist Church of South Plainfield
First College Football Game
First Congregational Church
First Constitutional Convention in New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge
First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge
Fitz Randolph-Csaki House
Frelinghuysen Hall
Fulton Street Neighborhood
Fulton Street Train Wreck
General George Washington
General Nathaniel Heard
Geology Hall
George Washington
George Washingtons Inauguration
Gorham Boynton House
Governors House
Great Woodbridge Train Wreck of 1951
Guest House
Hampton Cutter Mansion
Hardenbergh Hall
Henry Inman
Historic Green Street
Invention of the Band-Aid
Isaac Inslee Estates
J J Bitting Coal and Feed Depot
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School
Jonathan Dunham House
Kearny Cottage
Kearny Cottage: Historic Home
Kirk Green
Kirkpatrick Chapel
L.J. Smith Farmhouse
Landing Lane Bridge - 1895
Lawrence Tennant Ballard
Leisure in the Good Old Days
M.D. Valentine & Brothers
Market Square
Men of Rutgers College
Methodist Episcopal Church & Parsonage
Milestones in Microbiology
Monroe Township Memorial Park
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Civil War Monument
New Brunswick Inn Site
New Brunswick Sailors
New Brunswick Station
NJ POW Memorial
Oak Tree Pond
Old Queens
Old School Baptist Church
Old St. Marys High School
Oldest Parish in the State
On This High Ground
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Parsonage Barn
Paul Robeson
Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy Barracks & Inventors Institute
Perth Amboy City Hall
Perth Amboy Totenville Ferry Slip
Police Athletic League Memorial Field
Proprietary House
Purple Heart Memorial
Purple Heart Memorial
Quaker Meeting House
Queens Campus
Queens Campus
Queens College
Raritan Bay & New York Harbor
Raritan Landing
Record Office
Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots of Woodbridge
Revolutionary War Battles in Woodbridge
Revolutionary War Skirmishes in the Area
Route Taken by Washington
Rutgers 9/11 Memorial
S.W. Phillips Grist & Saw Mill
Saint James Church
Salamander Works
Samptown Cemetery
Sarah B. Jordan Boarding House
Sayre & Fisher Reading Room
Sayre and Fisher Brick Water Tower
Sayreville 9-11 Memorial
Sayreville United Methodist Church
Sayreville, New Jersey Time Capsule
School Number 1
Scudders Mills
Selman Waksman and Antibiotics
Sewaren Free Public Library
Shinn-Woodbridge Airport
Signal Hill
Site of Encampment
Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
South Main Street Firehouse
South River World War I Memorial
South River World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam Conflict Memorial
Spotswood Mills
Spotswoods 1832 Camden & Amboy Railroad Memorial
SSgt. Frank Z. Molnar
St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Port Reading
St. James Roman Catholic Parish
St. James School
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Peter The Apostle University & Community Parish
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Peters Church
St. Peters Episcopal Church & Cemetery
Star Eagle Section
Surveyor General's Office
The Appleby Devoe Memorial Library
The Bell Shall Not Toll
The Bill of Rights Arch
The Birthplace of College Football
The Bluff: Witness to History
The Clay-and-Brick Industry
The Cranbury Dam
The Earl of Perth
The First Classes of Queen's College (Rutgers University)
The First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
The Historic Community of Raritan Landing
The Indian Trail
The Invention of the Phonograph
The Jewish Agricultural Society
The Oak Tree Engagement and the Battle of the Short Hills
The Oak Tree Neighborhood
The Parish Community of St. James
The Perth Amboy Fireman's Triangle Forged 1883
The Polish Veterans of World War II, Post 40
The Raritan River
The Ravine Bridge
The Reformed Dutch Church founded Queens College
The Reuben Ayers House
The Second Presbyterian Church of Cranbury
The Second World War Memorial
The Titus Farm
The Water Highway
The Womans Club of Fords
Theological Education in Old Queens
Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower
Thomas Alva Edison Menlo Park Memorial
Thomas Alva Edisons Menlo Park Invention Factory
Thomas Edison and the Electric Railway
Thomas Edisons Office 1879 to 1884
Thomas Mundy Peterson
Thomas Mundy Peterson School
Todd Beamer
Trinity Church
Trinity Churchyard
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
United States Post Office
United States Post Office
Van Nest Hall
William Cutter House
Wills Way
Winants Hall
Woodbridge
Woodbridge Cloverleaf
Woodbridge Creek (East) Mitigation Area
Woodbridge Golden Bears
Woodbridge High School
Woodbridge History Trail
Woodbridge Police Memorial
Woodbridge Speedway
Woodbridge Township
Woodbridge Township Municipal Building
Woodbridge United Methodist Church
Woodbridge War Memorial
You'll Do Lobelia
"The Broker"
In 1664, English settlers led by Sir George Carteret took control of the area, establishing the Province of New Jersey. The land was divided into various counties, and Middlesex County was officially created in 1683. The county was named after the historic county of Middlesex in England. Early settlements in the area included New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, and Woodbridge.
During the American Revolutionary War, Middlesex County played a significant role. Perth Amboy served as a strategic location for British troops, and General George Washington's army crossed the Raritan River in New Brunswick. The county was also home to important patriot leaders, such as John and William Livingston, who were instrumental in the fight for independence.
As the 19th century progressed, Middlesex County experienced rapid industrialization. The construction of canals and railroads facilitated trade and transportation, leading to the growth of manufacturing and agriculture. The county became known for its textile mills, ironworks, and pottery factories. Immigrants from Europe, particularly Ireland and Germany, flocked to the area for job opportunities.
In the 20th century, Middlesex County continued to evolve and diversify. It became a hub for pharmaceutical companies, with major corporations setting up headquarters and research facilities in the county. The county also witnessed suburbanization, with the population spreading beyond the urban centers. Today, Middlesex County is a bustling and diverse region, known for its rich history, thriving economy, and vibrant communities.
Brief timeline of the history of Middlesex County, New Jersey:
- 1675 - Middlesex County, NJ is established.
- 1746 - New Brunswick, the largest city in Middlesex County, is founded.
- 1766 - Rutgers University is chartered in New Brunswick.
- 1790 - Perth Amboy becomes the county seat of Middlesex County.
- 1836 - Piscataway Township is incorporated in Middlesex County.
- 1854 - Woodbridge Township is incorporated in Middlesex County.
- 1860 - South Plainfield is established as an independent borough in Middlesex County.
- 1869 - Edison Township is formed from portions of Woodbridge and Piscataway townships in Middlesex County.
- 1899 - Old Bridge Township is formed from parts of East Brunswick and South Amboy in Middlesex County.
- 1955 - East Brunswick becomes an independent township in Middlesex County.
- 1970 - Carteret becomes a borough in Middlesex County.
- 1981 - Monroe Township is established in Middlesex County.
- 1994 - Cranbury Township is formed from parts of South Brunswick and Monroe Township in Middlesex County.
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Middlesex County, New Jersey.