Pottersville, New Jersey

Pottersville, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Church in Pottersville
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Coordinates: 40°42′50″N 74°43′09″W / 40.71389°N 74.71917°W / 40.71389; -74.71917Coordinates: 40°42′50″N 74°43′09″W / 40.71389°N 74.71917°W / 40.71389; -74.71917
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon, Morris and Somerset
Township	Bedminster, Tewksbury and Washington
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	874303

Pottersville is an unincorporated community split between Bedminster Township in Somerset County, Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County and Washington Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07979.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07979 was 589.

The Purnell School, a private all-girls boarding high school founded in 1963, is located in Pottersville.

Pottersville was first called Lamington and afterwards Potters Mills. There were mills here as early as 1756 built and owned by William Willet. One Mill still stands on the left side of County Route 512 heading towards Califon. It was originally used for weaving woolen goods and later turned into a grist mill. The first grist mill was built along the Black River but no longer stands. A commemorative plaque has taken its place.

William Willet owned a day book in which he recorded sales to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. His main consideration became supplying the Continental Army. He was paid in Continental currency which around 1780 became worthless. He was ruined financially and was forced to sell both mills to Serrin Potter in 1783, which led to the community's name.

In 1887 upwards of 200,000 baskets of peaches were shipped from Pottersville and New Germantown (Oldwick) by wagons to Chester, Whitehouse and other area communities. The profitable peach growing industry led the Rockaway Valley Railroad to build a spur to Pottersville in 1888.