New Durham was an
unincorporated community
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and now a neighborhood located within
Edison in
Middlesex County,
New Jersey
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,
United States
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, south of
Dismal Swamp.
Along with
Piscatawaytown,
Bonhamtown,
New Dover and
Stelton, New Durham is one of the older historical crossroad communities established in Edison (either as once part of Piscataway or Woodbridge before the establishment of Raritan Township, as Edison was earlier known). It was described in 1834 as having a tavern, a store, and a half-dozen dwellings.
See also
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Edison, New Jersey natural gas explosion The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire occurred in Edison, New Jersey, on March 23, 1994, where a diameter natural gas pipeline broke and exploded into flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex al ...
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List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey in central New Jersey. The township was originally founded as the settlement of Piscatawaytown, a small neighborhood that still exists within it, and incorporated as Raritan Townsh ...
References
Neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
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