Bonhamtown is a section of Edison in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
History The area was named after Nicholas Bonham, a freeholder from the 17th century. Along with New Dover, New Durham, and Stelton, it is one of the older historical communities established before the present-day municipality was incorporated. The historical community of Bonhamtown was originally part of Woodbridge Township. Bonhamtown became part of Raritan Township in 1870 when it was formed from portions of Woodbridge and Piscataway townships. Raritan Township was renamed Edison Township in 1954.Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries, 1606–1968. Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. Reprint, New Jersey Geological Survey, 2004. Page 173.
Bonhamtown was the site of the Battle of Punk Hill in March 1777, a skirmish between American militias and regulars facing 3,000 British soldiers that took place during the Forage Wars during the American Revolutionary War.Munn, David C. Battles and Skirmishes in New Jersey of the American Revolution, New Jersey Geological Survey, 1976. Accessed May 27, 2025. "Bonhamtown - March 18, 1777, Gen, William Maxwell attacks the British in an engagement that reaches from Punk Hill at Amboy to Bonhamtown and Metcuhen."
Geography Bonhamtown is surrounded by several major roads, which include: Interstate 287, the New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. Route 1, Route 27, and Route 440.
The Bonhamtown Branch of Conrail Shared Assets Operations runs through the area from the Northeast Corridor to Raritan Center, site of the former Raritan Arsenal.
See also List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
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Bonhamtown City-Data Profile Bonhamtown Community Profile