Scotch Plains

Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the township population was 22,732. The area known as Scotch Plains was first settled by Europeans in 1684 and served as a stop on the stage coach line between New York and Philadelphia. The Ash Swamp in Scotch Plains was the scene of a key action in the Battle of Short Hills, on June 26, 1777, which included skirmishes as Washington's forces moved alon... more

Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the township population was 22,732. The area known as Scotch Plains was first settled by Europeans in 1684 and served as a stop on the stage coach line between New York and Philadelphia. The Ash Swamp in Scotch Plains was the scene of a key action in the Battle of Short Hills, on June 26, 1777, which included skirmishes as Washington's forces moved along Rahway Road in Scotch Plains toward the Watchung Mountains. Scotch Plains is home to the house of Aunt Betty Frazee, whose retort to Lord Cornwallis led the British to find their bread from friendlier bakers in the same battle. The simple farmstead of Betty and Gershom Frazee, a type of structure that rarely survives the centuries, is today the object of a restoration effort by local organizations ( Fanwood Scotch Plains Rotary Club). What is now Scotch Plains was originally incorporated as Fanwood Township on March 6, 1878, by an Act of the... less