Dreahook, New Jersey

Dreahook, New Jersey
Dreahook, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
	Dreahook, New Jersey Location of Dreahook in Hunterdon County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey Dreahook, New Jersey Dreahook, New Jersey (New Jersey) Dreahook, New Jersey Dreahook, New Jersey (the United States)
	Coordinates: 40°36′00″N 74°46′53″W / 40.60000°N 74.78139°W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	Readington
Elevation	230 ft (70 m)
GNIS feature ID	875970

Dreahook is an unincorporated community in Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey^[2] at the intersection of CR-620/Dreahook Rd and CR 523. The name is a corruption of Driehoek (drie-three and hoek-corner, as in corners of a triangle), which is the Dutch word for triangle.^[3] It was likely named for the triangle created by the settlement in its relation to the early roads to Flemington, Whitehouse Station, Readington Village and Pleasant Run, which have since been rerouted.^[4] Dreahook Creek and Holland Brook both pass through the area of the former village. Dreahook village once had blacksmith shop, a school and a store. Settlers farmed the land here because of the rich soil along the base of Cushetunk Mountain.^[4] There are still numerous farms in the area, including the Readington River Buffalo Farm between Dreahook and Stanton.

References

^ ^a ^b "Dreahook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 30, 2015
^ Brachin, Pierre. "The Dutch language: a survey". Leiden: Brill Archive, 1985. Pg 15.
^ ^a ^b Readington Township Historic Preservation. Readington Township: Images of America, p. 61. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9780738556796.

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[GNIS-1] "Dreahook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[2] Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 30, 2015

[3] Brachin, Pierre. "The Dutch language: a survey". Leiden: Brill Archive, 1985. Pg 15.

[Images-4] Readington Township Historic Preservation. Readington Township: Images of America, p. 61. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9780738556796.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Flemington
City	Lambertville	Map of New Jersey highlighting Hunterdon County
Boroughs	Bloomsbury Califon Flemington Frenchtown Glen Gardner Hampton High Bridge Lebanon Milford Stockton
Town	Clinton
Townships	Alexandria Bethlehem Clinton Delaware East Amwell Franklin Holland Kingwood Lebanon Raritan Readington Tewksbury Union West Amwell
CDPs	Annandale Neshanic Station‡ Oldwick Pottersville‡ Ringoes Three Bridges White House Station
Other communities	Allerton Amsterdam Anthony Baptistown Barbertown Barley Sheaf Bowne Bunnvale Byram Centerville Charlestown Cherryville Cloverhill Cokesbury Copper Hill Darts Mills Dreahook Everittstown Fairmount Grandin Hamden Headquarters Hoffmans Hughesville Jutland Lansdowne Larisons Corners Linvale Little York Lower Valley Mechanicsville Mount Airy Mount Pleasant Mountainville New Hampton Norton Pattenburg Penwell Perryville Pittstown Pleasant Run Potterstown Prallsville Quakertown Raven Rock Readingsburg Readington Village Reaville Rockefellows Mills Rosemont Rowland's Mills Sand Brook Sandy Ridge Sergeantsville Snydertown Spruce Run Stanton Tumble Falls Vanlieu Corners Van Syckel Wertsville West Portal Whitehouse
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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