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South River is a fantastic historical town. Please visit the Boro website for more information. Here are some books about South River:

Commemorative Book: In Celebration of South River’s 275th Anniversary, 1720-1995.*
South River Historical & Preservation Society
South River: South River Historical & Preservation Society, Inc., 1995.

History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1664-1920, under the associate editorship of John P. Wall and Harold E. Pickersgill, assisted by an able corps of local historians. Historical-biographical.
edited by John Patrick Wall
New York, Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1921.

History of South River, Commemorating the 250th Anniversary.*
by Paul Schack
South River: South River Woman’s Club, 1970.

History of South River, New Jersey.*
by Jesse Selover
[South River, NJ], 1963.

History of Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Their Pioneers and Prominent Men.
by W. Woodford Clayton
Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1882.

A Homespun Heritage.*
by Charlotte Dow Barber
East Brunswick: Sentinel Publishing Co., 1977.

A Time to Remember: a Collection of Historical Facts and Anecdotes about South River, NJ and Adjacent Towns.*
by Charlotte Dow Barber
East Brunswick: Sentinel Publishing Co., [1978?].

*Available for viewing at the Old School Baptist Church–South River Museum.


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