Preservation

National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places 
Includes a searchable database of all listed properties as well as information on nominating a property.

Preservation New Jersey
Founded in 1978, Preservation New Jersey is a statewide private membership-supported historic preservation organization in New Jersey. Their mission is to sustain and enhance the vitality of New Jersey's communities by promoting and preserving their diverse historic resources.

New Jersey Historic Trust
Non profit historic preservation organization created by state law

Research - Pohatcong and Warren County

We plan to include instructions on researching villages, individual properties and family names associated with Pohatcong Township and the surrounding areas.  This section will include how to do deed searches to find property owners, how to get personal inventories used to settle estates, how to find census records, etc.  We will also gather a collection of local histories and place them under our History section.  For those who can't wait, many Warren County records from 1824 to present are available at the Warren County Courthouse and Library, both in Belvidere, NJ.  The My Raub (and More) Ancestry  website features features a Quick Reference Guide to researching history in Warren County compiled by John O'Brien.

Research - New Jersey

New Jersey Historical Commission 
Created to advance the public's knowledge of New Jersey history.  Includes a mix of government officials and citizens.

New Jersey Historical Society
Non profit, private library, museum, and archives dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting New Jersey history.

New Jersey State Library - Cyberdesk
Access to online research and information

New Jersey State Archives
The State's official repository for all public records of colonial and state government.

Rutgers University - Special Collections and Archives
Includes extensive New Jersey and Genealogical collections.

Genealogical Society of New Jersey
Non profit organization discovering, procuring, preserving and publishing family names associated with New Jersey. Much of their collection is housed in Rutgers Special Collections and Archives

Maps

American Memory - This Library of Congress site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.  To find early Pohatcong  maps, click 'Collection Finder' at the top of the screen and then select Maps under 'Original Format' .  Once on the search page, enter 'new jersey' into the search field and 'Match this exact phrase' and you'll get 154 NJ-related maps, many of which are from the 18th and 19th centuries.  Most enable you to zoom into the Pohatcong area.

One interesting map is "The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys" - Engraved & published by William Faden  circa 1778 which refers to the Pohatcong Creek as the Pohantunk and identifies the area known as 'Chelsea' which is thought to be the precursor of Finesville.  Another map refers to the Pohatcong Creek as the Pohatcunk River. And still another refers to the Musconetcong River as the Muskanetkunk Creek.

Local Resources

Pohatcong Historic Preservation Commission

Pohatcong Township Website

Finesville Union Cemetery
List of interred compiled in 1935 (this list is assumed accurate but has not been confirmed by the PHHS)

Black River and Western Railroad - Delaware Turtle 
Beginning in May 2004 this tourist passenger train will begin running from Phillipsburg to Carpentersville in Pohatcong

Warren County

Warren County NJ Cultural and Heritage Commission 

Warren County Historical & Genealogical Society (no website)
P.O. Box 313, Belvidere, NJ 07823  (908) 475-4246 - Museum located at 313 Mansfield Street, Belvidere

Warren County Free Public Library (no website)
Courthouse Annex, 199 Hardwick St., Belvidere  (908) 475-6322

Warren County, NJ Website 

Warren County Environmental Commission
Includes a paper on the history of Warren County and its historic sites co-authored by the Environmental Commission and the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission

My Raub (and More) Ancestry
This site includes a large selection of Pohatcong and Warren County resources and features a Quick Reference Guide to researching history in Warren County compiled by John O'Brien.                                                                                                                                          

Surrounding Counties

Sussex County NJ Historical Society
Warren County was part of Sussex County from 1753 to 1824

Morris County NJ Historical Society
Warren County was part of Morris County from 1738 to 1753

Hunterdon County NJ Cultural and Heritage Commission
Warren County was part of Hunterdon County from 1713 to 1738

Bucks County Pennsylvania Historical Society

Northampton County Pennsylvania Historical and Genealogical Society