Sergeantsville, New Jersey Explained

Sergeantsville, New Jersey
Settlement Type:	Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:	USA New Jersey Hunterdon County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:	Sergeantsville's location in Hunterdon County (Inset: Hunterdon County in New Jersey)
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Hunterdon
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Delaware
Named For:	Charles Sergeant
Elevation M:	103
Elevation Ft:	338
Coordinates:	40.4458°N -74.9436°W
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	08557
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	0880475
Unit Pref:	imperial

Sergeantsville Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Added:	December 2, 2009
Refnum:	09000972

Sergeantsville is a historic unincorporated community located within Delaware Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1]

Sergeantsville was first settled by a Mr. Thatcher in 1700, and was later named for Charles Sergeant, an American Revolutionary War soldier, in honor of the Sergeant family of which three brothers were local shopkeepers. "Out-of-towners give themselves away when they pronounce the first syllable 'sarge'; it's 'serge.'" Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, constructed in 1872 across the Wickecheoke Creek, is located just west of Sergeantsville and is the oldest remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.^[2]

Sergeantsville was officially created in 1827 when it became desirable to establish a post office. Until that time, this largely rural area was known as "Skunktown", perhaps because the town served as a market center for skunk pelts.^[3]

Sergeantsville's annual "Thanksgiving in the Country" house tour, established in 1973, takes four or five different homes each year, that have historical, architectural or cultural qualities.^[4]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Sergeantsville include:

• William Cotton (1880–1958), portrait painter, caricaturist, and playwright.^[5]
• Gabby Provenzano (born 1999), professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or center back for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League^[6]

External links

• Thanksgiving in the Country - an annual tour of Sergeantsville's historic homes
• Sergeantsville Volunteer Fire Company

Notes and References

1. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search
2. Cohen, Joyce. "Havens; Weekender | Sergeantsville, N.J.", The New York Times, September 13, 2002. Accessed April 8, 2023.
3. Mercer, Michelle. "New England? No, New Jersey!", new Jersey Monthly, October 2007. Accessed December 12, 2007. "In the eighteenth century, Sergeantsville was known as Skunktown due to its heavy trade in black-and-white pelts."
4. http://www.thanksgivinginthecountry.com/ Thanksgiving in the Country
5. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/01/06/archives/will-cotton-77-dead-portrait-painter-caricaturist-had-also.html "Will Cotton, 77, Dead"
6. Anzidei, Melanie. "Women & Sport: Despite FC Gotham absence, plenty of NJ-grown talent in NWSL playoffs", The Record, October 21, 2022. Accessed April 8, 2023. "Gabby Provenzano, a Hunterdon Central alumna, helped Rutgers reach the NCAA Final Four. The 23-year-old midfielder who hails from Sergeantsville in Hunterdon County is a familiar name for Rutgers Scarlet Knight fans."