Old York Road - 1764

Old York Road - 1764 is a New Jersey historical marker in Hunterdon County, dedicated 1940.

On Route #29 South of Ringoes - 500 feet South of Route #29 and · location approximate

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Route of the Swift Sure Stage Coach Line from New York to Philadelphia. It followed generally the Old Naraticong Indian Trail. The road crossed the State of New Jersey from Elizabethtown Point to Lambertville.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1906 · Lambertville, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New York-Philadelphia District. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of Old York Road - 1764, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

Old York Road - 1764

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