Author: Julie Raffety

The Stockholm School, located on Route 515, across from the Stockholm United Methodist Church was one of several one room school houses. Pictured below is the Stockholm School on a winter day circa 1905. As “modern” transportation improved, students who might have had to walk long distances were “driven” to school in horse-drawn covered wagons.…

Part of Hardyston Twp is a locale known as North Church. This is named after the North Church that was built there around 1810, A photo is shown of the North Church in the late 1800s. The hill behind it is where the North Hardyston Cemetery remains currently. Hardyston Twp was much larger years ago…

Hello fellow Hardyston residents! My name is Bill Truran and I have been asked to provide some historical facts for our Hardyston Township. I will give some interesting, hopefully, information each month. I am glad to answer questions that you may have. I grew up in Franklin, later lived in Sparta, and now live in…