Do you know of Raritan ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Raritan. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Raritan.<1> Our sources for Raritan (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Raritan other than they indicate that Raritan would be found somewhere in Somerset County, New Jersey. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1852. Communities Also Named Raritan ...We found one communities that share the name Raritan. Within New Jersey, the name Raritan is unique. Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Raritan in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Raritan ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Raritan: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Raritan - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
More Orphans in Somerset County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Somerset County. Footnotes ...
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