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Kingwood Township
Physical Address: 599 Oak Grove Road and Route 519, Frenchtown NJ 08825
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 199 Baptistown, NJ 08803-0199
Phone: 908-996-4276  Fax: 908-996-7753

   

Historical Society
Position
Name
Phone
Term Length
Local Historian
Sal DeSapio
1 year
The Historical Society meets at 7:30 pm at the Old Fairview School, usually on the 4th Thursday of each month - see below for list.

Secretary:  Mildred Wehr     Phone:  (908)- 996-2948            Hours:    
 
Members:

Purpose of Historical Society:    The promotion of events and seminars on township history.  

Purpose of Local Historian:    To develop historical programs, listing of sites, erecting of markers, and custodian of documents and materials.


Kingwood Township Historical Society
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Established 1746

The Kingwood Township Historical Society is pleased to announce its latest project:
Kodak Moments- A display of old photographs of Kingwood.
The Historical Society is in the process of collecting and preserving old photographs of Kingwood Township to be used in future programs and publications. We need your help. We want you to submit your photos to the Historical Society so that we can copy them into our computer archives.



Meeting Schedule & Discussion Topics- 2011

Jan. & Feb. - (No Meeting)

Mar. 24th- (Thursday) “Show & Tell”- Bring your historical artifacts or collectables in for everyone to see.

April 28th – (Thursday) Mills- Learn about the types, uses, & construction of mills and their impact on our local history.

May 26th – (Thursday) Old Cemeteries- a discussion of local burial grounds and the lives of the people who rest in our local graveyards.

June 17th- (Friday) Growing up in Kingwood- Come & Share your memories of what it was like to grow up in Kingwood. (This meeting will be held at the Kingwood Park at 6:30PM along with a covered dish picnic.)

July & August- (No Meetings)

Sept.29th-(Thursday) Indians- Learn about what life was like for the Lenni-Lanape and their ancestors.

Oct. 27th- (Thursday) Traditions of Kingwood- Share your stories of local “haunted” houses, legends, and folklore.

Nov. - (No Meeting)

Dec.1st-(Thursday) Durham Boats- a discussion of the importance of Durham Boats to our local history, not only during the Revolution, but for our local economy & transportation as well.

All Meetings are held at 7:30pm at the Old Fairview School, #12 Fairview Road in Kingwood Township.. (Except for the June meeting- See above)

Sal DeSapio- Township Historian
PO Box 199, Baptistown, NJ, 08803-0199
Tel. / Fax (908)-996-4851 email- sald@ptd.net 


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