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The First Presbyterian Church is located at 600 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge Township of
Middlesex County, New Jersey Middlesex County is a County (United States), county located in the North Jersey, north-Central Jersey, central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, extending inland from the Raritan River, Raritan Valley region to the northern portion of the ...
, United States. The congregation was founded in 1675. The main part of the church building was completed in 1803. The property, listed as the First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, was added to the
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on May 2, 2008, for its significance in art, politics/government, and religion. The historic church was designed and built by Jonathan Freeman, a member of the congregation. With


Cemetery

The oldest headstone in the churchyard cemetery dates from 1690.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey. La ...
* Archibald Riddell (minister) * Trinity Episcopal Church – adjacent church, at 650 Rahway Avenue *
List of cemeteries in New Jersey The following list of New Jersey cemeteries lists cemeteries in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The cemeteries are grouped by county. Atlantic County *Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, New Jersey, Pleasantville *Atlantic County Veterans Ceme ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:First Presbyterian Church And Cemetery Cemeteries in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...
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