Hardyston Township covers a large geographic area. Many people know about Crystal Springs Resort and all of the golf courses in the township. There is also pastureland, horse farms, wooded places and the Hamburg Mountains. Up on Hamburg Mountain is the hamlet of Stockholm. The area at one time was called Snufftown and it is said that when the railroad came through in the late 1800s that they changed the name to be more hospitable. Near the tracks was the old Hamburg Turnpike, first adopted around 1810. In addition, near where the river goes, the headwaters of the Pequannock River, is the Stockholm United Methodist Church on Stockholm-Vernon Road (CR 515) pictured below. The church is impressive today, but imagine what a great structure this was 200 years ago when it came up amongst the wilderness that our area was back then.
Hardyston Historical Inc. 
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