Griggstown

History

Many of the earliest European settlers of the area came from Gravesend, Brooklyn. Among these settlers were four sons born to John and Elizabeth Griggs: Benjamin (b. 1690), Daniel, Samuel, and Thomas. Griggstown was named after Benjamin Griggs, who established a grist mill on the Millstone River that served as a meeting place for the European farmers of the area and as such the center of the community that would become Griggstown. From the 1970s to the early 2000s, Griggstown residents reported seeing a feral cow along the parallel Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Millstone River, said to be a ghost of one that was one of many herded along the canal in years past. An actual feral bull believed to be the phantom cow was found in a ditch in November 23, 2002, dying after being rescued.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.519 square miles (6.524 km2), including 2.447 square miles (6.338 km2) of land and 0.072 square miles (0.187 km2) of water (2.86%). * Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company * Griggstown Lock of the Delaware and Raritan Canal * Griggstown Mine * Norseville * Sunset Hill Garden

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Hillsborough High School
  High · Hillsborough · 2,368 students · 14:1 ratio
• Franklin High School
  High · Somerset · 2,220 students · 13:1 ratio
• Montgomery High School
  High · Skillman · 1,603 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
  Middle · Bridgewater · 1,347 students · 11:1 ratio
• Central Jersey College Prep Charter School
  Other · Somerset · 1,288 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• Auten Road Intermediate School
  Middle · Hillsborough · 1,203 students · 11.5:1 ratio
• Hillsborough Township Middle School
  Middle · Hillsborough · 1,193 students · 11.6:1 ratio
• Somerville High School
  High · Somerville · 1,109 students · 11.8:1 ratio