Neshanic Station, NJ

The villages of Neshanic and Neshanic Station make up

the southern portion of Somerset County, New Jersey.

Upper and Lower Neshanic, as they were earlier known,

joined over a century ago when the Elm Street Bridge was

built, linking the two villages. Neshanic was a colonial

settlement that grew around the commerce of Amwell

Road and the following of the Reformed Dutch Church of

Neshanic, which was established in 1752. Neshanic Station

contained only a handful of residences until railroad lines

led to the commercial and residential expansion of the

village in the late 1800s.

Today, these two villages exist mainly as residential

communities but are linked with the past through the

lifelong ties to the villages by their residents. While the

commerce that once occupied this area is gone, its sense

of community remains.