New Market, Middlesex County, New Jersey

New Market, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
William Vail House on New Market Street
William Vail House on New Market Street
New Market is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
New Market
New Market
New Market is located in New Jersey
New Market
New Market
New Market is located in the United States
New Market
New Market
Coordinates: 40°34′27″N 74°27′09″W / 40.57417°N 74.45250°W / 40.57417; -74.45250
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
TownshipPiscataway
Elevation
[1]
75 ft (23 m)
GNIS feature ID878746[1]

New Market is an unincorporated community located within Piscataway in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] It was also known historically as Quibbletown,[3] so called because of a dispute as to whether the Sabbath was on Saturday or Sunday.[4]

Columbus Park

The Columbus Park playground with areas for baseball and tennis is located at 250 11th Street. The Columbus Park gazebo area located at the west end on New Market Pond is often used for concerts.[5] The Battle of Quibbletown, fought on February 8, 1777, was commemorated in the park for the 350th anniversary of the township's founding in 2016.[6]

  • Columbus Park by New Market Pond
    Columbus Park by New Market Pond
  • Cannon by Columbus Park gazebo
    Cannon by Columbus Park gazebo

References

  1. ^ a b "New Market". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  3. ^ Clayton, W. Woodford, ed. (1882). History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 599.
  4. ^ Kronberg, Susan (November 17, 2020). "Buttzville? Quibbletown? N.J.'s weird town names and where they came from". Jersey's Best.
  5. ^ "Park Address List". Piscataway, New Jersey.
  6. ^ Simmons, Kenneth (July 27, 2016). "Cannon Dedication Ceremony Commemorates Piscataway's 350th Anniversary". Tap into Piscataway.
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