Everything about The Keith Line totally explained
The
Keith line was a line drawn through
New Jersey dividing it into
West Jersey and
East Jersey. The line was created by Surveyor-General
George Keith in 1686, when he ran the first survey to mark out the
border between West Jersey and East Jersey. The Keith line was intended to clarify disputes resulting from the 1676
Quintipartite Deed, which created the two territories.
The Keith Line runs North-Northwest from the southern part of
Little Egg Harbor Township, passing just north of
Tuckerton. The line was to continue upward to a point on the
Delaware River which is just north of the
Delaware Water Gap, but Keith was stopped in his survey by Governor of West Jersey
Daniel Coxe, when Keith had reached the
South Branch of the
Raritan River in what is now
Three Bridges in
Readington Township. More accurate surveys and maps were made to further resolve property disputes. This resulted in the
Thornton line, drawn around 1696, and the
Lawrence line, drawn around 1743, which was adopted as the final line for legal purposes.
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