Hightstown

Hightstown is a New Jersey historical marker in Mercer County.

Marker is on Main Street (New Jersey Route 33).

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Named for John and Mary Hight, who purchased 3,000 acres here in 1721. Their log house and mill once stood in this area.

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.

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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)
1888 · 8 Trenton. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1942 · Hightstown, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering the location of Hightstown, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, 1708, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Hightstown

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