Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground
Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground is a historic site in Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey. Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground is situated nearby to Shady Lane Park, as well as near the town Bound Brook.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook and Buttermilk Falls.
Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook
Church
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Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook is a historic church at 409 Mountain Avenue in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey. The congregation was founded in the 18th century and is one of the oldest in New Jersey. Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook is situated 1 mile south of Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground.
Buttermilk Falls
Waterfall
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Middle Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Somerset County, New Jersey. The stream can be referred to as Rha-weigh-weiros, a Native American name meaning "running from a deep hole", on early maps of the area. Buttermilk Falls is situated 1¼ miles west of Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground.
Bound Brook High School
School
Bound Brook High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bound Brook, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bound Brook School District. Bound Brook High School is situated 1 mile south of Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bound Brook and Martinsville.
Bound Brook
Town
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Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located along the Raritan River. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,988, an increase of 1,586 from the 2010 census count of 10,402, which in turn reflected an increase of 247 from the 10,155 counted in the 2000 census.
Martinsville
Suburb
Photo: Gary Miotla, CC BY 3.0.
Martinsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Bridgewater Township in Somerset, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Martinsville is situated 2 miles northwest of Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground.
Middlesex
Town
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Middlesex County is squarely in the center of New Jersey, about midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Population is approximately 750,000. Area is about 318 sq. miles covering 25 cities and towns. Middlesex is situated 2½ miles east of Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground.
Middlebrook Encampment - The Washington Camp Ground
- Type: Historic site
- Inscription: “The Middlebrook encampment was a seasonal encampment of the Continental Army during the American War for Independence near Middle Brook in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey (between Martinsville and Bound Brook) in 1777 and again in 1778–79.”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.57953° or 40° 34′ 46″ northLongitude
-74.53745° or 74° 32′ 15″ westOpen location code
87G7HFH7+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 502924993OpenStreetMap feature
historic=Historic_Site
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