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2 unusual facts about Raritan


Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles

In addition, he was a member of the J&JPRD Board (Raritan, New Jersey, USA), the Board of Directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica (Beerse, Belgium) and the Sir James Black Foundation (London, United Kingdom).

Raritan

Raritan Inc., a provider of KVM Switches and IT infrastructure management solutions, in Somerset, New Jersey


Barrier island

William John McGee reasoned in 1890 that the East and Gulf coasts of the United States were undergoing submergence, as evidenced by the many drowned river valleys that occur along these coasts, including Raritan, Delaware and Chesapeake Bays.

Basilone Bridge

The bridge, which opened along with the Turnpike in 1951 is named for John Basilone, a World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor who grew up in nearby Raritan, New Jersey.

Isaac Brokaw

Brokaw was born in Raritan in Somerset County, but would leave for Elizabethtown where he would work as an apprentice under Aaron Miller, a renowned clock maker.

Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh

It is one of three residence halls known as the "River Halls" or "River Dorms" (the others being Frelinghuysen Hall and Campbell Hall) built in 1956 overlooking the Raritan River and located between New Brunswick's George Street and New Jersey Route 18.

John A. Lynch, Sr. Memorial Bridge

The bridge was originally known as the Raritan River Bridge, but was renamed in honor of John A. Lynch, Sr., the former State Senator from the district that included New Brunswick and Piscataway, a former mayor of New Brunswick, and the father and namesake of John A. Lynch, Jr., who held those positions at the time of the bridge's completion.

Manalapan

Manalapan Brook, a tributary of the South River (Raritan River tributary) in New Jersey

News 12 Networks

News 12 New Jersey, based at Raritan Center in Edison at 450 Raritan Center Parkway, is the largest of the News 12 channels, reaching nearly 1.8 million households.

Port Mercer Canal House

The Delaware and Raritan Canal and the canal houses are now part of the New Jersey State Park system.

Raritan Township, New Jersey

Marcia A. Karrow (born 1959), member of the New Jersey Senate who served on the Raritan Township Committee, including in 1998 as its mayor.

Raritan Valley Line

The Raritan Valley Rail Coalition, formed in 1998 by former U.S. Congressman Bob Franks, is currently looking for cost-effective ways to improve mobility, reduce highway congestion, and increase transit ridership along the Raritan Valley Line.

Six Mile Run

Six Mile Run Reservoir Site, part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park

Somerville Circle

In its early days, the area included the Raritan Valley Inn, a place that was frequented by Irving Berlin.

St. Joseph by the Sea High School

A large tract that originally included a broad beach area on Raritan Bay in what was then a very rural section of Staten Island, it sat near a number of Catholic facilities, including Camp St. Edward (a summer camp for African American children served by the Handmaids of Mary) and the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mt. Loretto (a vast orphanage and farm for boys and girls started by Fr. John C. Drumgoole in post-Civil War New York).

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen

Frelinghuysen served as minister to several of the Reformed Dutch Churches (congregations at Raritan, New Brunswick, Six Mile Run, New Jersey, Three-Mile Run, and North Branch) in the Raritan River valley of New Jersey which he served until his death in 1747 or 1748.


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