Larisons Corners, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°26′29″N 74°51′23″W / 40.44139°N 74.85639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Hunterdon |
Township | East Amwell and Raritan |
Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 877673 [1] |
Larisons Corners, also spelled Larison's Corners, is an unincorporated community located along the border of East Amwell and Raritan townships in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. [1] [2]
The area was settled in 1749 after a ship bound for New York City carrying German settlers was blown off course and instead landed at Philadelphia. [3] The settlers resumed their journey north to New York City by traveling along Old York Road, where they "fell in love with the land" while passing through Larisons Corners. [3]
Their settlement was first called "Pleasant Corners", and a German Reformed Church was established. [3] Several members of the Rockefeller family are buried in the church cemetery. [4]
An inn was established in 1779 at the crossroads of Dutch Lane and Old York Road. [4] The inn was sold and renamed Larisons Corner Tavern, and was "one of the Old York Road's most popular taverns, which featured ballroom dancing downstairs and a gambling den upstairs where professional card players fleeced farmers of their hard-earned cash". [3]
By 1811, "the name Larisons Corner had become attached to the surrounding town", and the settlement had a blacksmith shop. [4] [5]
The nearby community of Ringoes held their annual Ringoes Grange Fair in Larison's Corner in 1940. It featured chicken-catching contests, bingo, music, and milking cows, while gambling and alcohol were forbidden. [3]