The King's Highway

The King's Highway is a New Jersey historical marker in Middletown., Monmouth County, dedicated 1940.

In front of Episcopal Church between Pole 90107 MDT-JCP & LCO MDT-1A, Middletown. · location approximate

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Laid out in 1719 - 100 feet wide following the route of an old Indian trail from Barnegat to Navesink. The British Army, under Generals Clinton and Cornwallis, marched along it, June 29, 1778, on their way to New York after the Battle of Monmouth.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

TodayHistorical map

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American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee

Historical maps covering this location

1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1719 · A new map of the English empire in America viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jersey… (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
1755 · North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1878 · (Coast section no. 1. Sandy Hook to Shark River) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1881 · Guide Map To Summer Resorts Around New York (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Guide Map To Summer Resorts Around New York, 1881, covering the location of The King's Highway, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Guide Map To Summer Resorts Around New York, 1881, 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

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