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Feltville Historic District

Ghost town · Union County, New Jersey

Plainfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500)
Plainfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1888, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Feltville Historic District is a ghost town in Union County, New Jersey, recorded as human settlement in New Jersey, United States of America. It is the only former community in Union County recorded on the federal names register, out of 20 across New Jersey.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Feltville Historic District as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6814° N, 74.3869° W.

Key facts

Elevation331 ft
Nearest living townMountainside, NJ
Distance to it1.4 miles
Coordinates40.68140, -74.38690

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What's there now

Feltville Historic District is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mountainside, NJ (population 6,967), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 331 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Feltville in Watchung Reservation
Feltville in Watchung Reservation · Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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