Byram, New Jersey

Byram, New Jersey
Byram, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
	Byram, New Jersey Location of Byram in Hunterdon County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey Byram, New Jersey Byram, New Jersey (New Jersey) Byram, New Jersey Byram, New Jersey (the United States)
	Coordinates: 40°25′25″N 75°03′35″W / 40.42361°N 75.05972°W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	Kingwood
Elevation	128 ft (39 m)
GNIS feature ID	875066

Byram is an unincorporated community within Kingwood Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[2]

In 1855 a bridge was built across the Delaware River north of Byram to connect with Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The Point Pleasant-Byram Bridge existed until 1955 when it was destroyed by the Great Flood of 1955 brought on by Hurricane Diane.^[3]

Byram also once had a railroad station along Pennsylvania Railroad's Belvidere Division which opened back in 1852 when the railroad reached Byram. The station was also destroyed in the Great Flood of 1955 and was never rebuilt. The railroad continued to be used for freight until 1978 when it was abandoned and subsequently demolished for a recreational trail in the early 1980s.

References

^ ^a ^b "Byram". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 30, 2015.
^ DiGiovanni, Nicholas. "Back-to-back storms in 1955 unleashed havoc along Delaware River", NJ.com, August 11, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2016. "Further down the river, the Byram-Point Pleasant bridge was swept away by the flood. Its remains are still visible in the river."

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[GNIS-1] "Byram". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[2] Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 30, 2015.

[3] DiGiovanni, Nicholas. "Back-to-back storms in 1955 unleashed havoc along Delaware River", NJ.com, August 11, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2016. "Further down the river, the Byram-Point Pleasant bridge was swept away by the flood. Its remains are still visible in the river."

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Flemington
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Town	Clinton
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