Historic Sites and History

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (716+ words) Oct 11, 2026, 12:50 PM In Camden, a piece of land at 38th and Federal streets appears on the city's official list of public parks. Its name hints at what came before, since Johnson Cemetery Park used to be a cemetery. Established in 1854 by…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (258+ words) HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (Warren County) — The Hackettstown Historical Society will bring back its annual Lantern Tours and Ghostly Tales on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, offering participants an opportunity to explore the town’s historic district while learning about local history, paranormal activity…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (400+ words) HUNTERDON COUNTY, N.J. — The Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners approved nearly $1 million in grants to support historic preservation and restoration projects across the county during its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6. The commissioners approved a total of $954,250 in Historic Preservation and Municipal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (321+ words) MILFORD BOROUGH, N.J. (Hunterdon County) — Hunterdon County is inviting volunteers to help clean veterans’ headstones at Milford Union Cemetery as part of the county’s Veterans Headstone Cleaning Program. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to noon at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (134+ words) Parts of northern New Jersey coast were left “under water” as a nor’easter brought tidal flooding to the east coast over the weekend.Video posted by TikTok user @jordynnnnbabbbby on Sunday, September 27, shows submerged streets as water gushes from a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (831+ words) Dotted across Lakewood, you’ll find remnants of the city’s agricultural past. Apple trees of many types and sizes sit in people’s yards and along busy streets west of Denver. Some are rooted in Lakewood’s historical landscape that was full of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (359+ words) SADDLE RIVER — Long before cars traveled West Saddle River Road and before the borough had a name, a black walnut tree began growing next to an Indigenous trail. Three centuries later, it remains New Jersey's largest known black walnut. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (623+ words) In 1986, the site of the Westin Jersey City Newport hotel was industrial wasteland. Forty years later, the hotel hosted a celebration of the community that sprang up around it - Newport. On September 24, the LeFrak and Simon families, responsible for the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (390+ words) MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. — More than 29 historic sites and museums across Morris County will open their doors for free during the 17th annual Pathways of History Fall Tour on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4. The Morris County Historical Society will host the family-friendly,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1433+ words) Many people know about the million-acre Pinelands, which are spread evergreen and largely unbroken across southern New Jersey. Fewer know that a 1968 book by an award-winning New Jersey writer helped to protect that forest for the past half-century. But in…...