Spruce Run, New Jersey
Spruce Run is an unincorporated community located along County Route 628 (Hill Road) and Spruce Run Road within Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[2] It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Glen Gardner.[3]
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| Coordinates: 40°42′31″N 74°55′20″W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Hunterdon |
| Township | Lebanon |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 883456[1] |
History
A school house was built here in 1766. Subsequent ones were built in 1825 and 1874.[4] In 1800, the Lutheran and Reformed congregations built a union church.[5] The current Spruce Run Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church was built in 1870.[3]
References
- "Spruce Run". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- "Hunterdon County Route 628 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. p. 1.
- Snell, James P. (1881). "Spruce Run Lutheran Church". History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. pp. 452–453.
- Snell (1881), p. 454.
- Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen (1895). "Spruce Run Lutheran Church". The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies. Dover Printing Company. pp. 221–222.
External links
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