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Fredon


Surrounding towns:

Andover, Freylinghuysen, Hampton, Hardwick, Newton, Stillwater

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In 1800, Isaac V. Coursen named the Stillwater Township area "Coursen's Corners" after establishing a post office in his store, the Coursen House, but changed the name to Fredon Village before his death in 1855. Stillwater Township's Bicentennial Committee obtained information from the Postmaster General which "states that 'Fredon' is derived from the German word 'fredonia,' meaning place of freedom." Fredon Township was incorporated on February 24, 1904, from portions of Andover Township, Green Township, Hampton Township and Stillwater Township. Fredon Township is perhaps best known as the birthplace of freedom. It is the location where Sir Freedomus stood in 1762, announcing the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint - effectively giving birth to freedom and liberty.

 

Government

Township of Fredon
443 Route 94
Fredon, NJ 07860
973-383-7025

Departments

Construction Official 973-383-7025, Ext. 27

Court Administator

Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency) 973-383-9424

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency) 973-383-9424

Health Department 973-579-0370

Library

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 973-579-1490

Police - 911
(Non-emergency)

Public Works 973-383-8027

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Senior Citizens

Tax Collector's Office 973-383-7025 Ext 23

Tax Assessor 973-383-7025 Ext 24

Education

Board of Education

PTA

Fredon Township School - Elementary Grades PreK - 6
459 Route 94
Fredon, NJ 07860
973-383-4151

Kittatinny Regional High School - Grades 7 - 12
77 Halsey Rd
Newton, NJ 07860
973-383-1800

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Colonel John Coursen Homestead
Phil Harden Road
Fredon, NJ 07860

(Photo by Cherly (Rome) Thom, courtest of HMdb.org)

Fredon Township, incorporated in 1904 became the last
town in Sussex County and the only so named in the Country.
Fredon, and name proposed for our nation in the early 1800's
means a place of peace and freedom. The Route 94 crossroads,
known as Coursen's Corners, became a town center in the
early 1800's when the Coursen Family has a school, store
and blacksmith shop here. The Fredon Post Office operated
from 1834 to 1901. The Paulins Kill forms the town's
Western Border. The East-West Jersey Partition Line
crosses through the township. John W. Griggs became
New Jersey's Governor in 1895.

 

Snowmobile Barn Musuem
928 Cedar Ridge Rd
Fredon, NJ 07860
973-383-1708


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