Paulina, New Jersey
Populated place in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
40°58′35″N 74°56′38″W / 40.97639°N 74.94389°W / 40.97639; -74.94389
United States
New JerseyPaulina is an unincorporated community located in Blairstown in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2]
Paulina is located on the Paulins Kill, approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of downtown Blairstown.
History
Around 1768, William Armstrong constructed a grist mill there, which remained for more than a century. A second grist mill was constructed in Paulina in 1783 by Peter B. Shafer. That mill was later used as an axe-helve factory and saw mill.[3]
By 1851, Paulina had a post office, and by 1882 the population was 110. In 1890, a grist mill was still located there.[3][4][5]
In 1895, the Paulina Dam, also known as the Paulina Lake Dam,[6] was built on the Paulins Kill. Rated a "significant hazard" by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the process of removing it started in December 2023.[7]
Today
The Paulinskill Valley Trail, a 30-mile (48 km) long recreational rail trail following the former route of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, passes through Paulina.[8]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paulina
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 21, 2014.
- ^ a b Cummins, George Wyckoff (1911). History of Warren County, New Jersey. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 78, 134, 156. OL 24171900M.
- ^ Industries of New Jersey. Historical Publishing Company. 1882. p. 114. OL 24332547M.
- ^ Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1890. New Jersey Geological Survey. 1891. p. 227.
- ^ "Paulina Lake Dam". GeoNames.
- ^ Rodas, Steven (December 11, 2023). "Demolition starts on hazardous 128-year-old dam. Why so many more remain". NJ.com.
- ^ "Paulins Kill Valley Trail". Metrotrails. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
External links
Media related to Paulina, New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
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