![]() The Turnquist property is near the recently-preserved 15-acre Peach property and another 91 forested acres already owned by the township. ![]() New Jersey Conservation plans to transfer the property to Washington Township to add to its holdings of already preserved land. On March 11, the nonprofit New Jersey Conservation Foundation purchased the wooded property, located on the west side of Kings Highway in Washington Township, from Eric and Geraldine Turnquist. ![]() Carteret had been governor of the Isle of Jersey."īy the way, while we are at it, our oldest town in Ocean County is Toms River, which received its "Royal Charter" in 1768 at Dover Township.WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – A 37-acre wooded property has been permanently preserved that will help connect other Washington Township-owned open space parcels and serve as the entry point for a future trail system. The land was officially named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. They divided the land in half and gave control to two proprietors: Sir George Carteret (who was in charge of the east side) and Lord John Berkley (who was in charge of the west side). In addition according to NJ.GOV "In 1664 the Dutch lost New Netherlands when the British took control of the land and added it to their colonies. Wow, how Jersey has changed in nearly 400 years. So Bergen is our oldest town in New Jersey, going back 362 years ago. Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey's first permanent European settlement." The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey. According to NJ.GOV "Small trading colonies sprang up where the present towns of Hoboken and Jersey City are located. For this article, we are going all the way back to the 1600s to look at the first town in New Jersey.
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