Pluckemin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Bedminster Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Pluckemin had a population of 359. It was also known historically as Pluckamin. It was the site of several historic events during the American Revolutionary War .
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The Pluckemin Village Historic District is a 43.5-acre historic district located along U.S. Route 206 and Burnt Mills Road in the Pluckemin section of Bedminster Township in Somerset County, New Jersey. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1982, for its significance in architecture, commerce, education, and religion. It includes 33 contributing buildings.
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The Hills is a planned community and census-designated place in Bedminster and Bernards townships, Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, The Hills had a population of 11,410.
The community is in northern Somerset County, in the southeast corner of Bedminster Township and the western corner of Bernards Township. It is bordered to the north by the borough of Far Hills, to the east by Liberty Corner, and to the south by Pluckemin. The Hills CDP has two sections of development: one, primarily in Bernards Township, that is atop the western end of Second Watchung Mountain, and the other, entirely in Bedminster Township, at the western base of the mountain.
Interstate 287 forms the northern and western limit of the CDP, with access from Exit 22. Routes 202/206 lead north into the center of Bedminster and south through Pluckemin to Somerville.
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The Sri Venkateswara Temple is a Hindu temple located in Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S. In 1998, the traditional stone temple was inaugurated. The temple is 11,000 square feet.
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The Jacobus Vanderveer House, also known as Knox House, is a U.S. Federal style house located just north of the community of Pluckemin in Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey at the junction of US 202 and 206 north of River Road. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1995, and noted as an "excellent example of a Dutch–American house". The Vanderveer /Knox House & Museum while owned by Bedminster Township, is operated under the direction of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, a 501-C3 non-profit organization. The Jacobus Vanderveer House is situated on part of the 218 acres that make up River Road Park. The house was thought to be built somewhere in the mid-1770s by James Vanderveer, son to Jacobus Vanderveer after the property was willed to him by his father.
The house is notable as being the headquarters for General Henry Knox during the second Middlebrook encampment during the Revolutionary War. Knox was in command of the Continental Army Artillery Cantonment, what is now known as America's first military training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy at West Point. What was then known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site is near the Vanderveer/Knox house, which happens to be the only remaining original structure on the fringe of the cantonment.
Each year, the Jacobus Vanderveer House hosts a "colonial christmas" event to raise funds for the ongoing maintenance and preservation of the historic site. The event includes tree-lighting ceremony, traditional christmas decorations and other festivities.
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The United States Golf Association Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History is home to a collection of golf artifacts and memorabilia. It is located adjacent to the United States Golf Association’s headquarters in Liberty Corner, New Jersey.
