The Province Line

Welcome to the Province of West Jersey

In 1688, George Keith, Surveyor General, established The Boundary of East and West Jersey. Beginning at Little Egg Harbor, The line extended to the South Branch of the Raritan River. Today it remains the boundary between Raritan Township and Hillsborough, Hunterdon and Somerset Counties.

Marker is on Hillsborough Road 0.2 miles east of Old York Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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