Rowland's Mills
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Rowland's Mills or Rowland Mills was a village on the western edge of Readington
, New Jersey
. In 1760, a gristmill was erected at this site, followed by a sawmill around the time of the U.S. Revolutionary War A village grew up around the mill complex in the early 19th century along the road connecting Flemington
and Clinton
. In 1838, Rynear Rowland (1798-1862), whom the village was later named after, purchased the mills. The village at its peak had a store, a blacksmith shop owned by Oliver Hart Ewing and numerous houses. In the later part of the 19th century the village diminished in size and was all but abandoned in the 1920s when the road through it was widened and designated as State Route 30, the predecessor of modern New Jersey Route 31.
Readington Township, New Jersey
Readington Township is a Township located in the easternmost portion of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,126...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. In 1760, a gristmill was erected at this site, followed by a sawmill around the time of the U.S. Revolutionary War A village grew up around the mill complex in the early 19th century along the road connecting Flemington
Flemington, New Jersey
Flemington is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 4,581. It is the county seat of Hunterdon County....
and Clinton
Clinton Township, New Jersey
Clinton Township is a Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 13,478....
. In 1838, Rynear Rowland (1798-1862), whom the village was later named after, purchased the mills. The village at its peak had a store, a blacksmith shop owned by Oliver Hart Ewing and numerous houses. In the later part of the 19th century the village diminished in size and was all but abandoned in the 1920s when the road through it was widened and designated as State Route 30, the predecessor of modern New Jersey Route 31.