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Dixon Homestead

 
 
Dixon Homestead Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
1. Dixon Homestead Marker
Inscription.
Dixon Homestead
Home of Miller / Dixon Family for eight generations. Dutch stone house circa 1760. Forge keeper’s house 1830. Present mill 1855. Victorian house 1857. Barn 1860.
Morris County Heritage Commission

 
Erected by Morris County Heritage Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 40° 55.962′ N, 74° 26.261′ W. Marker is near Boonton, New Jersey, in Morris County. It is in Boonton Township. Marker is at the intersection of Rockaway Valley Road and Canterbury Road, on the left when traveling north on Rockaway Valley Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 444 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton NJ 07005, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Rockaway Valley United Methodist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); General James H. Doolittle (approx. half a mile away); Adam Miller House (approx. half a mile away); Boonton Township 9/11 Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Boonton Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Morris Canal (approx. 1.2 miles away); Decker-Kincaid Homestead
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(approx. 2.1 miles away); Morris Canal Plane 7 East (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boonton.
 
Dixon Homestead Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
2. Dixon Homestead Marker
Dixon Homestead Dutch Stone House image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 20, 2015
3. Dixon Homestead Dutch Stone House
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 872 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 25, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.

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