THE HISTORY OF ISELIN
CHAPTER TWO-----TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER TWO-----TRANSPORTATION
Iselin and it's sister community of Colonia, can actually trace it's modern road system to pre-historic times
when the New World's only inhabitants were the Leni-Lenape Indians, who criss crossed Iselin on what were
little more than foot paths. By superimposing the route of this trail onto modern day street maps, today's
Chain O' Hills Road, is one and the same as this old trail. As the trail swung Westerly into what we know as
modern Iselin, then briefly to the North, it would follow the path of today's Green Street. Traveling Westward
again, the trail would approximate today's roads known as Middlesex-Essex Tpke. and State Route 27.
The other major trail through Iselin, running North & South, was the Minisink Trail. It Started from the Watchung
Mountains through a pre-historic water gap known as today's Town of Springfield, NJ. This trail ultimately
passed through Colonia, then through Iselin. There is no modern artery that follows the exact route of the
Minisink Trail, although Auth Avenue and a portion of Middlesex Avenue, approximate the general direction of
this old trail. Considerable traces of this old trail existed into the late 1960's, however, in the Autumn of 1965
the longest surviving portion of the trail was bulldozed out of existence to clear for the construction of the
Colonia High School.
Answer to last week's trivia:
The 9 towns that comprise Woodbridge Twp. are, 1. Avenel 2. Colonia 3. Fords 4. Hopelawn 5. Iselin
6. Keasbey 7. Port Reading 8. Sewaren 9. Woodbridge
Congratulations if you got them all.
For all of your Real Estate and Insurance needs, contact:
LEGACY REALTY GROUP, EDISON, NJ
732.744.0400
when the New World's only inhabitants were the Leni-Lenape Indians, who criss crossed Iselin on what were
little more than foot paths. By superimposing the route of this trail onto modern day street maps, today's
Chain O' Hills Road, is one and the same as this old trail. As the trail swung Westerly into what we know as
modern Iselin, then briefly to the North, it would follow the path of today's Green Street. Traveling Westward
again, the trail would approximate today's roads known as Middlesex-Essex Tpke. and State Route 27.
The other major trail through Iselin, running North & South, was the Minisink Trail. It Started from the Watchung
Mountains through a pre-historic water gap known as today's Town of Springfield, NJ. This trail ultimately
passed through Colonia, then through Iselin. There is no modern artery that follows the exact route of the
Minisink Trail, although Auth Avenue and a portion of Middlesex Avenue, approximate the general direction of
this old trail. Considerable traces of this old trail existed into the late 1960's, however, in the Autumn of 1965
the longest surviving portion of the trail was bulldozed out of existence to clear for the construction of the
Colonia High School.
Answer to last week's trivia:
The 9 towns that comprise Woodbridge Twp. are, 1. Avenel 2. Colonia 3. Fords 4. Hopelawn 5. Iselin
6. Keasbey 7. Port Reading 8. Sewaren 9. Woodbridge
Congratulations if you got them all.
For all of your Real Estate and Insurance needs, contact:
LEGACY REALTY GROUP, EDISON, NJ
732.744.0400
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