United States Post Office

United States Post Office (HMD3J)

Location: Woodbridge Township, NJ 07095 Middlesex County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 33.259', W 74° 17.022'

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Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095

The original post office of Woodbridge, established July 31, 1792, was located at the Cross Keys Tavern on the northwest corner of Amboy Avenue and Main Street. The first postmaster appointed by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering was the Honorable John Manning, who was the proprietor of this historical tavern, where George Washington, (April 22, 1789) remained overnight on his way to New York to be inaugurated the first President of the United States.

In 1812, the Post Office was relocated to the north side of Green Street, between Amboy and Francis Avenues, in a small building used as a general store and township voting place.

Jonathan Freeman, townsman and the builder of the Old White Church was a post rider for mail to this site.
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HM NumberHMD3J
Series This marker is part of the Postal Mail and Philately series
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Placed ByPost Office Department, United States of America
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 9:06pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 560646 N 4489530
Decimal Degrees40.55431667, -74.28370000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 33.259', W 74° 17.022'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 33' 15.54" N, 74° 17' 1.32" W
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Area Code(s)732, 908, 848
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 116 N James St, Woodbridge Township NJ 07095, US
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