Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Founding: 1714
Parent county: Burlington

Namesake: Robert Hunter, New Jersey governor
Seat: Flemington (1785–)

Land area: 428 square miles

Population (2020): 128,947

Population (historic): 20,153 (1790); 31,060 (1830); 33,654 (1860); 34,507 (1900); 34,728 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1880; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one city; ten boroughs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,441 (18.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 86.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 46.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,600
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,075
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,795
Average farm size (1920): 68.3 acres
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Flemington

Namesake: Samuel Fleming, local resident

Founding: pre-1785 (founding); 1795 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,876

Population (historic): 1,174 (1860); 1,751 (1880); 2,145 (1900); 2,729 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920s; 1940–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 682 (34.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. St. Thomas Episcopal Church (c. 1790). 98 Sky Manor Road. Alexandria. Georgian.
2. Christoffel Vought House (1759/1810s). 35 Gray Rock Road. Clinton.
3. Jacob Krymer House (c. 1870). 315 Old Allerton Road. Clinton. Italianate.
4. John Bray House (c. 1800). 39 Sand Hill Road. Clinton. Georgian.
5. Farm (c. 1880). 11 Locktown–Sergeantstown Road. Delaware. Gothic Revival.
6. Asher Young House (c. 1810). 54 Yard Road. Delaware.
7. Alexander Landis House (c. 1855). 110 John Ringo Road. East Amwell. Greek Revival.
8. Mahlon Schanck House (c. 1870). 545 State Route 31. East Amwell. Italianate.
9. Charles Stewart House (1763). 312 Hamden Road. Franklin. Georgian/Italianate.
10. Daniel Heath Farm. 117 Kingwood–Locktown Road. Kingwood.
11. Kingwood Presbyterian Church (1837). 1 Oak Summit Road. Kingwood. Gothic Revival.
12. Daniel Opdycke House. 89 Ridge Road. Kingwood.
13. Jeremiah Thatcher House (c. 1760). 255 Ridge Road. Kingwood. Georgian.
14. House (c. 1870). 65 Sliker Road. Lebanon. Italianate.
15. Philip Case Farm (1798). 111 Mine Street. Raritan. Georgian.
16. John Reading Farm (1760). 523 River Road. Readington. Georgian.
17. Joseph Bartles House (c. 1860). 159 Oldwick Road. Tewksbury. Italianate.
18. Peter Mechling House (c. 1835). 701 Mechlin Corner Road. Union. Greek Revival.
19. Case Farm (c. 1800). 10 Case Lane. Union.
20. Cornelius Carhart House (1813). 167 Perryville Road. Union. Federal.
21. Hiram Hoffman Farm (c. 1835). 140 Pittstown Road. Union. Greek Revival.
22. Van Syckel House. 190 Van Syckel Road. Union.
23. Aaron Van Syckel House (c. 1845). 200 Van Syckel Road. Union. Greek Revival.
24. Burroughs Farm. 48 Harbourton Road. West Amwell.
25. Adam Ege Farm (c. 1865). 1874 River Road. West Amwell. Italianate.
26. William Drake House (c. 1855). 70 Rocktown–Lambertville Road. West Amwell. Greek Revival/Italianate.

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