On New Jersey Route 12, on the right when traveling west.
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Town takes its name from the many French families that followed Paul Henri Mallet-Prevost, a Swiss refugee from the French Revolution who moved here in 1794. Bottom
Called "Sunbeam" in 1759. Later Sherrard's Ferry. Present name for . . . — — Map (db m17079) HM
On Bridge Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad c.1853.
Later leased to the Penn R. R. System, the line allowed transit of Lehigh & Hudson R. R. passenger trains. — — Map (db m16648) HM
On Harrison Street, on the right when traveling north.
To honor those who fought to preserve our freedoms, the Citizens of Frenchtown dedicate these memorials to our valiant dead. Let us also dedicate them to the living ... and to the promise of the future. — — Map (db m19570) HM
On Bridge Street, on the right when traveling east.
Here, in 1755, stood the first store in Frenchtown, then known as Alexandriaville. In 1869, this building and the house to the left were built in the Italianate style for the merchant Oliver Worman. After Worman failed, in 1877, Hugh Warford bought . . . — — Map (db m63106) HM
On Trenton Ave. (New Jersey Route 29) just south of S. Washington St., on the right when traveling south.
Lenape tribes used this abundant Hunterdon mineral for spearpoints and tools. One of their trade routes followed the River Road (now Rte. 29) southwards toward Sanhican (Trenton). — — Map (db m114648) HM
On Frenchtown - Everittstown Road (County Route 513) 1.3 miles west of Palmyra Corner Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1778 the Continental Congress moved 4,916 British and German troops captured at Saratoga, south from Boston along today's Route 513, crossing the Delaware at Sherrard's Ferry (Frenchtown). Many escaped along the way but 3,600 reached Virginia, to . . . — — Map (db m46194) HM
