13 New Jersey Towns That Were Slowly Abandoned

Some New Jersey towns didn't just fade they disappeared entirely. One man's retirement wiped out a village. A murder got buried under a hoax. If your family has South Jersey roots, they may have called one of these places home. Towns covered: Walpack Center — $100 million spent, dam never built Batsto Village — Washington's supplier in the Pine Barrens Waterloo Village — a canal town that ran out of purpose Allaire Village — 400 residents, then none Whitesbog — where the cultivated blueberry was born Raritan Landing — a colonial port buried under a university Double Trouble — named itself Feltville — built by one man, left by one man Long Pond Ironworks — fed the Revolution, taken back by the forest Atsion — three industries, three failures Ong's Hat — an old mystery buried under a newer story Harrisville — one fire, then silence Johnsonburg — still on the map, still fading Are you from New Jersey? Drop a comment and tell us what part of the state you're from. And let us know what New Jersey town you want us to cover next. Subscribe for more forgotten New Jersey history.