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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
UNION, 3.6 miles. (110 alt., 16,472 pop.), has a small business center in
cream brick, limestone, and plate glass. The town was originally known
as Connecticut Farms because of its first settlers, who came from Connecticut in 1749. The PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH on Chestnut St. was built
1782, two years after British raiders burned the original church parsonage and most of the homes in the village before retreating to Staten
Island. The stone church has one wall of brick and a wood siding on its
bled ends. Hessian soldiers who fell in the battle at Connecticut Farms
are buried in the graveyard.
A bronze marker on the concrete bridge over the Rahway River at 5.6 miles
bears witness that on June 23, 1780, the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry
under Col. Israel Angell fought with "obstinate bravery" against the British. The phrase is George Washington's.
At 5.9 miles State S24 becomes State 24.
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