Barley Sheaf, New Jersey
Populated place in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
40°32′45″N 74°49′28″W / 40.54583°N 74.82444°W / 40.54583; -74.82444[1]
Barley Sheaf was an unincorporated community located within Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] It was named for the grain once grown in the region. The hamlet was on Barley Sheaf Road between County Route 629 (CR 629) and CR 523. The hamlet at one time housed a general store, a post office, blacksmith, creamery, a hotel and numerous farmsteads.[3] Today only farms remain of the hamlet. The hamlet also carried the names of Farmersville and Campbellsville after Catherine Campbell, who ran the hotel in the area.
References
- ^ a b "Barley Sheaf". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Locality Search Archived 2016-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 28, 2015.
- ^ Readington Township Historic Preservation. Readington Township: Images of America. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
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