Quaint hamlets and villages in Raritan include Three Bridges, Croton, Copper Hill, Stanton Station, Voorhees Corner, Clover Hill and Reaville. While there has been much residential development from the 1960s through the 1980s, Raritan still enjoys rolling countryside views and protected farmland, remaining true to its rural heritage. Throughout much of its history, Raritan Township has been an agriculturally-oriented community of farms producing dairy, cattle, horses and produce. By 1870, the town of Flemington was formed within the township, although it ceded from Raritan in 1910. An Act of the New Jersey Legislature incorporated Raritan in 1838 from portions of Amwell Township (which no longer exists). The land containing Raritan Township was purchased from Native American Indians in 1703.
Most residents travel to Flemington for their shopping needs, where there are grocery stores, services, chain stores, the historic village for boutiques and restaurants, and over 100 outlets and specialty stores at Liberty Village. The closest major highway is Interstate 78 in Franklin and Clinton Townships for travel to New York City, Newark or Pennsylvania.īusinesses located in Raritan include Johanna Foods, Hunterdon Medical Center and Stanton Ridge Golf and Country Club. Acres of parkland, mountain and valley views, streams, creeks and the Neshanic and South Branch of the Raritan Rivers pass through the township.Ī network of state and local highways in the township includes Routes 202, 31 and 12. Geographically speaking, the township encompasses part of the Amwell Valley and the Hunterdon Plateau. With a population of about 22,000 residents, Raritan is the most populated township in the county, a surge that took place during the 1980s when residential development was at an all-time high.Ĭovering an area of about 38 square miles in the east-central part of the county, Raritan is located nearly midway between New York City and Philadelphia. This Hunterdon County municipality roughly resembles a diamond-shape and is bordered by Franklin, Readington, East Amwell, Hillsborough, Branchburg, Delaware, Kingwood and Clinton. Raritan Township is one of the state’s “donut townships,” so-called because it completely surrounds the smaller borough of Flemington.
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