New Durham was an unincorporated community and now a neighborhood located within Edison in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey,Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015. 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.
New Durham continued to appear as a distinct settlement on maps of the area into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An 1882 map of Edison Township shows a New Durham School in the settlement, while maps from the early 20th century continue to identify New Durham as one of the communities within the township. The settlement's name has continued in use, including in the name of New Durham Road, which remains a principal local road through the area.A topographical map of a part of northern New Jersey from the Geological Survey of New Jersey, 1882, Library of Congress. Accessed September 23, 2026.
See also Edison, New Jersey natural gas explosion List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
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