South Bound Brook

History

The area had historically been occupied by the Lenape Native Americans. The first European settlement was in 1681 and a community was established near the Bound Brook stream of the same name, which flows into the Raritan River via the Green Brook on the eastern side of the borough. The brook, which was mentioned as a boundary in a Native American deed, provides the source of the borough's name. The area was originally a Dutch community with apple orchards and just west peach orchards. The Abraham Staats House (), located on the south side of Main Street, served as the headquarters of Baron Von Steuben during the American Revolutionary War. The house remained a private home until it was acquired by the Borough of South Bound Brook in 1999. It was placed on the New Jersey and National Registers in 2002. It is currently the headquarters for the Friends of Abraham Staats House, Inc. https://www.staatshouse.org, who maintain it as a museum. A wooden bridge over the Raritan River was erected as early as 1761 and named Queen's Bridge in 1767. Later, it became a covered bridge. During the Revolutionary War, the bridge was used repeatedly by both sides including during the Battle of Bound Brook in 1777. In 1875, the wooden bridge was replaced by a steel pipe truss bridge. More than 100 years later, that bridge was itself replaced by a steel girder bridge in 1984, still using the old pillars. The bridge was renovated and paved in 2007. At this spot on January 4, 1777, General Washington decided to move his troops to Morristown for the winter, thus ending the victorious Trenton-Princeton campaign, rather than attack New Brunswick. The Battle of Bound Brook, one of the battles in the New York and New Jersey campaign during the American Revolutionary War, occurred on April 13,…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.74 square miles (1.92 km2), including 0.65 square miles (1.67 km2) of land and 0.10 square miles (0.25 km2) of water (12.84%).

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Bridgewater-Raritan High School
  High · Bridgewater · 2,711 students · 12.1:1 ratio
• Hillsborough High School
  High · Hillsborough · 2,368 students · 14:1 ratio
• Franklin High School
  High · Somerset · 2,220 students · 13:1 ratio
• Watchung Hills Regional High School
  High · Warren · 1,741 students · 11.6:1 ratio
• Ridge High School
  High · Basking Ridge · 1,682 students · 11.4:1 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
• North Plainfield High School
  High · North Plainfield · 1,214 students · 12.3:1 ratio