Neshanic, New Jersey | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Old station building
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Location within Somerset County | |
Coordinates: 40°30′29″N 74°43′49″W / 40.50806°N 74.73028°WCoordinates: 40°30′29″N 74°43′49″W / 40.50806°N 74.73028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Somerset |
Township | Branchburg |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
Neshanic Station is an unincorporated community located within Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. In 2016 most of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Neshanic Station Historic District.
Neshanic Station comes from the Algonquian language meaning "double stream," and the community featured a station along the defunct South Branch Railroad, later a branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The Lehigh Line of Norfolk Southern Railway (formerly the Lehigh Valley Railroad) still runs on tracks north of the community. Neshanic Station is situated at a latitude of 40.508N and a longitude of -74.73W. It is in the Eastern Standard Time Zone with an elevation of 92 feet.
The South Branch Raritan River passes east of the community. The Elm Street Bridge is a lenticular truss bridge that carries Elm Street (Somerset County Route 667) over the river out of the community to River Road (CR 567).
Lenticular truss bridge at Neshanic Station, New Jersey
Library and former firestation
John G. Schenck house
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Neshanic Station include: