1893 Map of Bordentown

About this map

The Bordentown riverfront and the surrounding agricultural hinterlands of Mercer, Monmouth, and Burlington counties are captured here at the end of the nineteenth century. This landscape is defined by its sophisticated transportation network, where the Delaware River shore at Fieldsborough meets a dense web of rail lines, including the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad. The map reveals a transition from the urbanized edges of Chambersburg and Millham in the northwest to the traditional village structures of Crosswicks, Imlaystown, and the curiously named Recklesstown. Inland, the terrain is segmented by numerous watercourses such as Doctor Creek and Assiscunk Creek, which historically powered the local economy. The detailed placement of individual farmsteads and rural roads provides an invaluable resource for tracing late-Victorian settlement patterns and family landholdings across central New Jersey.