| Larisons Corners, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Hunterdon County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Larisons Corners in Hunterdon County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hunterdon |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | East Amwell and Raritan |
| Elevation Ft: | 266 |
| Coordinates: | 40.4414°N -74.8564°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 877673[1] |
| Unit Pref: | imperial |
Larisons Corners, also spelled Larison's Corners, is an unincorporated community located along the border of East Amwell and Raritan townships in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.[1] [2]
The area was settled in 1749 after a ship bound for New York City carrying German settlers was blown off course and instead landed at Philadelphia.[3] The settlers resumed their journey north to New York City by traveling along Old York Road, where they "fell in love with the land" while passing through Larisons Corners.[3]
Their settlement was first called "Pleasant Corners", and a German Reformed Church was established.[3] Several members of the Rockefeller family are buried in the church cemetery.[4]
An inn was established in 1779 at the crossroads of Dutch Lane and Old York Road.[4] The inn was sold and renamed Larisons Corner Tavern, and was "one of the Old York Road's most popular taverns, which featured ballroom dancing downstairs and a gambling den upstairs where professional card players fleeced farmers of their hard-earned cash".[3]
By 1811, "the name Larisons Corner had become attached to the surrounding town", and the settlement had a blacksmith shop.[4] [5]
The nearby community of Ringoes held their annual Ringoes Grange Fair in Larison's Corner in 1940. It featured chicken-catching contests, bingo, music, and milking cows, while gambling and alcohol were forbidden.[3]