Three Bridges is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. located within Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey,Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 31, 2015. on the South Branch Raritan River. It is named for the three original bridges which crossed the river. As of the 2020 census, Three Bridges had a population of 321.
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.Readington Township Historic Preservation. "Readington Township: Images of America". Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 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
Three Bridges first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
+Three Bridges CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 254 79.13%Black or African American alone (NH) 12 3.74%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%Asian alone (NH) 144.36%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)0 0.00%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 13 4.05%Hispanic or Latino (any race)28 8.72%Total321 100.00%
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