Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg is a New Jersey historical marker in Warren County.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 22 and North Main Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 22.

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"Chintewink," Indian village, 1654. Incorporated, 1861. Terminus of Morris Canal, 1832, and Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1852.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1660 · Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1675 · Pascaerte van Nieu Nederland : streckende vande Zuÿdt Revier tot de Noordt Revier en't… (Princeton University Library)
1847 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Plate F. East Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1943 · Easton, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, 1660, covering the location of Phillipsburg, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, 1660, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

Phillipsburg

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