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Millville, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Montague Grange No. 140
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Coordinates: 41°18′47″N 74°46′48″W / 41.31306°N 74.78000°W / 41.31306; -74.78000
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Sussex
Township	Montague
GNIS feature ID	878391

Millville is an unincorporated community located along River Road (County Route 521) and Shimers Brook in Montague Township of Sussex County, New Jersey. The Montague Grange and other parts of the community are in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

History

The community got its name from the gristmills and sawmills built along Shimers Brook, then known as Chambers Mill Brook, starting in 1722. During the American Revolutionary War, Captains Abram Shimer and James Bonell were at the fort located here to protect the mills. Shimer built a mill here c. 1750. In the 1790s, Jacob Shimer, his son, built a house on Old Mine Road, now River Road. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1970, before being demolished by 1980.

Historic district

The Millville Historic and Archaeological District is a 9.3-acre (3.8 ha) historic district encompassing the village. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 30, 1984, for its significance in exploration/settlement, history, and industry. The district includes four contributing buildings and six contributing sites. The district boundary on the state register was increased on November 21, 2013, and lists River Road (County Route 521), Clove Road (County Route 653), Millville and Weider Roads. The county has posted a historical information sign on Clove Road.

• House built 1749 by Captain Abram Shimer on River Road
• Historical information sign at the Bonnell–Westbrook wagon house on Clove Road

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, New Jersey

References

1. ^ "Millville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Locality Search". State of New Jersey.
3. "Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Scenic Drives". National Park Service. Montague Grange
4. "Shimers Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Variant name: Chambers Mill Brook
5. ^ "Millville Historic District". Sussex County, New Jersey.
6. Snell, James P.; Clayton, W.W. (1881). "Millville and early mills". History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. p. 368. OCLC 14075041.
7. "Jacob Shimer House, Old Mine Road, Millville, Sussex County, NJ". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1970.
8. ^ "National Register Information System – Millville Historic and Archaeological District (#84002807)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
9. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Sussex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 28, 2021. p. 4. Millville Historic and Archaeological District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)

External links

• Media related to Millville, Sussex County, New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-818, "Jacob Shimer House, Old Mine Road, Millville, Sussex County, NJ", 5 photos, 4 measured drawings, 7 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• "Millville Historic District". Historical Marker Database.

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Landmarks	Minisink Archaeological Site
Districts	High Point Park Historic District Lafayette Village Historic District Millville Historic and Archaeological District Morris Canal Newton Town Plot Historic District Old Mine Road Historic District Peters Valley Historic District Rutan Farm Wallpack Center Historic District Waterloo Village White Deer Plaza and Boardwalk District
Places of worship	Bethany Chapel First Presbyterian Church of Wantage Harmony Hill United Methodist Church Stockholm United Methodist Church
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Buildings	Crescent Theatre High Breeze Farm Hill Memorial Meadowburn Farm Old Monroe School House Plaster Mill Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex Shoemaker–Houck Farm Sterling Hill Mine Sussex County Courthouse
Sites	Black Creek Site
Structures	Backwards Tunnel
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

• Montague Township, New Jersey
• Unincorporated communities in Sussex County, New Jersey
• Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area