Amwell Valley

Villages

• Larrison's Corner, formerly Pleasant Corner, was named after John W. Larison, the owner of the tavern there. The Amwell United First Presbyterian Church was formerly the German reformed church. The first house built there was a log house, which was replaced by a stone building, simply called the "Old Stone House".
• Reaville, first called Manners Tavern and then Greenville, is located at the corner of Old York Road and Amwell Road. George Whitefield gave a sermon in 1740 at the Presbyterian Church, which was moved from its original location. The village was also home to a school, a hotel, a post office, a store, shops and numerous dwelling. The current name of the village was taken from Runkle Rea, the first postmaster of the village.
• Ringoes, named for John Ringo, who established a tavern there, is the oldest European settlement in Hunterdon County. The village was built where the Nariticong Trail and the Malayelick Trail crossed. The village was once home to general stores, blacksmith shops, wheelwright shops, a hotel, a harness shop, shoemakers, a cotton and woolen factory and a post office. It also was home to the Amwell Academy and the Academy of Science.

  Former hamlets and villages

• Clover Hill, named for Peter C. Clover, was previously called Koughstown after Casparus Kough, Jr. and was located on Amwell Road and Clover Hill Road. The village was home to a tavern, store, church, hotel, blacksmith, post office and eight or nine houses.
• Minksville, named after the minks found in the area, was a hamlet near Wertsville Road near Dutch Lane). It was later called Union and Unionville, due to its location of crossroads.