Connecticut Farms

Connecticut Farms is a New Jersey historical marker in Union County, dedicated 1964.

Marker is on Morris Avenue (County Route 82), on the right when (replaced

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On June 7, 1780 about 5000 British and Hessian troops invaded Connecticut Farms (now Union Township). They stopped at Governor Livingston’s home located at this site.

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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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1763 · Porti della Nuova York e Perthamboy (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1807 · Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1811 · Map Of The Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of The Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York, 1811, covering the location of Connecticut Farms, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of The Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York, 1811, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

Connecticut Farms

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