| 词条 | Old Church, New Jersey |
| 释义 |
|name = Old Church, New Jersey |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Old Church, NJ.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Historic Dey Farm in Old Church |image_flag = |image_seal = |pushpin_map = USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Old Church in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey |pushpin_mapsize = |image_map = |map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New Jersey}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Middlesex |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Monroe |established_title = |established_date = |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 125 |coordinates = {{coord|40|17|29|N|74|27|47|W|region:US-NJ_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 878954[1] |website = |footnotes = |unit_pref = imperial }}Old Church is an unincorporated community located within Monroe Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.[2] The settlement is named for a Presbyterian community that settled on the site but relocated to Cranbury {{circa|1740}}.[3] Originally, the area was farmland.[4] One of the farms in the area was the Dey Farm, in existence since the founding of Monroe Township in 1838 and the site of a command post used by George Washington during the Battle of Monmouth in 1778.[5] Starting in 2004, the area experienced a major change from its agricultural roots to single-family residences on the south side of the area and age-restricted communities to the north.[6] This redevelopment also caused the severing of the main north-south road, Old Church Road and the extension of Federal Road which formerly had its western end at Old Church Road to Applegarth Road.[7] The a farmhouse named England House was moved {{convert|4000|ft|m}} to the Dey Farm site to preserve the area's history prior to the construction of the new houses in 2004.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite gnis|878954|Old Church}} {{Middlesex County, New Jersey}}{{MiddlesexCountyNJ-geo-stub}}2. ^Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 28, 2015. 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cranburyhistory.org/cranbury/history.html |title=History of Cranbury |publisher=Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society |year=2014 |accessdate=August 29, 2015 |quote=In July 1739 James Rochead sold land adjoining the mill property "to be the use of the Elders and Deacons of the Presbyterian Church." The community had moved from Old Church in Monroe Township to Cranberry Town where they then erected the First Presbyterian Church in 1740.}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://historicaerials.com?layer=2002&zoom=16&lat=40.291500091552734&lon=-74.46289825439453 |title=Aerial view of Old Church |year=2002 |website=Historic Aerials |accessdate=August 29, 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2013-10-03/Front_Page/Monroes_Dey_Farm_A_treasure_trove_of_history.html |title=Monroe's Dey Farm: A treasure trove of history |author=Morrison, Stella |newspaper=Sentinel |date=October 3, 2013 |accessdate=August 29, 2015}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://eb.gmnews.com/news/2004-05-20/Front_page/028.html |title=Historical treasure saved from bulldozer |author=Dome, Jennifer |newspaper=Sentinel |date=May 20, 2004 |accessdate=August 29, 2015}} 7. ^{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2912274,-74.4639425,1676m/data=!3m1!1e3 |title=Aerial view of Old Church |accessdate=August 29, 2015}} 2 : Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey |
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