Charlestown, New Jersey

Charlestown, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°41′21″N 74°58′21″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	Bethlehem
Elevation [1]	219 m (718 ft)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	875373[1]

Charlestown is an unincorporated community located within Bethlehem Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, off County Route 635, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Hampton.[2][1][3]

History

By 1881, Charlestown had a school, wheelwright shop, blacksmith and about twelve dwellings.[4]

References

1. Feature Detail Report for: Charlestown, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 1, 2015.
2. N 40.68917 W 74.97250, ACME Mapper. Accessed January 1, 2015.
3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2015.
4. Snell, James P. (1881). History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 462.