Perryville, New Jersey | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Hunterdon County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Perryville |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hunterdon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Union |
Named For: | Oliver Hazard Perry |
Elevation Ft: | 364 |
Coordinates: | 40.6358°N -74.9694°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 879242 |
Unit Pref: | imperial |
Perryville is an unincorporated community located at the intersection of Interstate 78 and Perryville Road within Union Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[1]
The Perryville Station, one of the New Jersey State Police Troop B road stations, is located here.[2]
In 1806, the stage coach route, known as the New Jersey Turnpike, running between Easton, Pennsylvania and New Brunswick, New Jersey, was built through here. The village formed around the Perryville Tavern built in 1813 and named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry for his naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie that year.[3]