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Raritan is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,835, [9] [10] its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 954 (+13.9%) from the 2010 census count of 6,881, [19] [20] which in turn had reflected an increase of 543 (+8.6%) from the 6,338 counted at the 2000 census.
Raritan Township is a township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,447, [9] [10] an increase of 1,262 (+5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 22,185, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 2,376 (+12.0%) from the 19,809 counted in the 2000 census. [20]
The Raritan–Readington South Branch Historic District is a 556-acre (225 ha) historic district along River Road from New Jersey Route 31 to U.S. Route 202 near Flemington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is primarily on the western side of the South Branch Raritan River in Raritan Township.
The John Reading Farmstead is a historic house located at 76 River Road by the South Branch Raritan River in Raritan Township, near Flemington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was built in 1760 for John Reading , former governor of the Province of New Jersey , 1757–1758.
Relief Hose Company No. 2 Engine House is a two-story brick firehouse with a three-story tower located at 16 Anderson Street in the borough of Raritan in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The firehouse was built in 1894 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 2000 for its significance in architecture. [ 3 ]
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Raritan is a Dutch pronunciation of wawitan or rarachons, meaning "forked river" or "stream overflows". [3] The first group known as the Raritan was also known as the Sanhicans. [4] A second group, known as the Wiechquaeskecks, [1] Wisquaskecks, Roaton, Raritanghe, [5] and Raritanoos settled the Raritan watershed area after the first departed ...
The Raritan Public Library, founded June, 1961, was initially located in the Relief Home Company No. 2 Engine House. In 1975, Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. donated the family homestead, the General John Frelinghuysen House, to the borough for use as the library.