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Somerville

New Jersey, United States
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Somerville, borough (town), seat (1784) of Somerset county, north-central New Jersey, U.S. It lies along the Raritan River, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of New Brunswick. Settled by Dutch farmers in the 1680s, it took its present name in 1801. The Wallace House (a state historic site) was headquarters for General George Washington during the American Revolution in the winter of 1778–79. Somerville’s growth was stimulated by the opening of the Delaware and Raritan Canal...

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