Three Bridges, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
The center of Three Bridges, seen from the Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (former Lehigh Valley Railroad main line) tracks in August 2014
The center of Three Bridges, seen from the Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (former Lehigh Valley Railroad main line) tracks in August 2014
Three Bridges is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Three Bridges
Three Bridges
Location in Hunterdon County
Three Bridges is located in New Jersey
Three Bridges
Three Bridges
Location in New Jersey
Three Bridges is located in the United States
Three Bridges
Three Bridges
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°31′11″N 74°47′58″W / 40.51972°N 74.79944°W / 40.51972; -74.79944
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Hunterdon
TownshipReadington
Area
[1]
 • Total0.54 sq mi (1.39 km2)
 • Land0.53 sq mi (1.36 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
[2]
121 ft (37 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total321
 • Density611.43/sq mi (235.96/km2)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern)
FIPS code34-72870[4]
GNIS feature ID881171[2]

Three Bridges is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located within Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey,[6] on the South Branch Raritan River. It is named for the three original bridges which crossed the river.

Farmers John Vlerebone and Harriet Foster Cline were original land owners in the area of Three Bridges. They eventually sold some land to the Central Railroad of New Jersey for its South Branch Line which passed on to the Black River and Western Railroad. Vlerebone and Kline subdivided their land along Old York Road after 1864.

In 1875 the Lehigh Valley Railroad built the New Jersey extension of its main line through Three Bridges using its Easton and Amboy Railroad subsidiary where it still runs today now owned by Norfolk Southern Railway.[7] Numerous lines for shipping produce and a number of daily passenger lines stopped in the village in its heyday. Many of the businesses left along with the passenger lines. Today the village houses a post office, bank,a branch of the Hunterdon County Library System and several other businesses.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020321—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Three Bridges". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2015.
  7. ^ Readington Township Historic Preservation. "Readington Township: Images of America". Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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