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Rowland's Mills, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	Readington
Elevation	131 ft (40 m)
GNIS feature ID	879845

Rowland's Mills or Rowland Mills is an unincorporated community located on the western edge of Readington Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. In 1760, a gristmill was erected at this site, followed by a sawmill around the time of the American Revolutionary War. A hamlet grew up around the mill complex in the early 19th century along the road connecting Flemington and Clinton. In 1838, Rynear Rowland (1798-1862), whom the village was later named after, purchased the mills. At its peak the settlement had a store, a blacksmith shop owned by Oliver Hart Ewing and numerous houses. In the later part of the 19th century the community diminished in size and was all but abandoned in the 1920s when the road through it was widened and designated as State Route 30, the predecessor of modern New Jersey Route 31.

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through the community.

Municipalities and communities of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Flemington

City	Lambertville

Boroughs	Bloomsbury Califon Flemington Frenchtown Glen Gardner Hampton High Bridge Lebanon Milford Stockton

Town	Clinton

Townships	Alexandria Bethlehem Clinton Delaware East Amwell Franklin Holland Kingwood Lebanon Raritan Readington Tewksbury Union West Amwell

CDPs	Annandale Whitehouse Station

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