Paulina, New Jersey
{{Short description|Populated place in Warren County, New Jersey, US}}
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Paulina is an unincorporated community located in Blairstown in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of New Jersey. Accessed December 21, 2014.
Paulina is located on the Paulins Kill, approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of downtown Blairstown.
History
Around 1768, William Armstrong constructed a grist mill there, which remained for more than a century. A second grist mill was constructed in Paulina in 1783 by Peter B. Shafer. That mill was later used as an axe-helve factory and saw mill.{{cite book | last = Cummins | first = George Wyckoff | title = History of Warren County, New Jersey | publisher = Lewis Historical Publishing Company | year = 1911 | pages = 78, 134, 156| ol = 24171900M }}
By 1851, Paulina had a post office, and by 1882 the population was 110. In 1890, a grist mill was still located there.{{cite book | title = Industries of New Jersey | publisher = Historical Publishing Company | year = 1882 | pages = 114| ol = 24332547M }}{{cite book | title = Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1890 | publisher = New Jersey Geological Survey | year = 1891 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YsZVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 | pages = 227}}
{{anchor|Paulina Dam}}
In 1895, the Paulina Dam, also known as the Paulina Lake Dam,{{cite web |title=Paulina Lake Dam |url=https://www.geonames.org/5102501/paulina-lake-dam.html |publisher=GeoNames}} was built on the Paulins Kill. Rated a "significant hazard" by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the process of removing it started in December 2023.{{cite news |last1=Rodas |first1=Steven |title=Demolition starts on hazardous 128-year-old dam. Why so many more remain. |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2023/12/demolition-starts-on-hazardous-128-year-old-dam-why-so-many-more-remain.html |work=NJ.com |date=December 11, 2023}} The removal was completed in 2024.{{cite web |title=Big Year for Dam Removals in 2024 |url=https://www.americanrivers.org/2025/03/big-year-for-dam-removals-in-2024/ |publisher=American Rivers |date=March 3, 2025 |quote=The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey removed Paulina Dam on the Paulins Kill River}}
File:Paulina Dam on the Paulins Kill, Paulina, NJ.jpg|Paulina Dam in December 2022
File:Paulins Kill after Paulina Dam removal, Paulina, NJ.jpg|Free-flowing Paulins Kill at the site in March 2025
Today
The Paulinskill Valley Trail, a {{convert|30|mi|km|adj=on}} long recreational rail trail following the former route of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, passes through Paulina.{{cite web | title = Paulins Kill Valley Trail | publisher = Metrotrails | url = http://www.metrotrails.org/Metrotrails/Paulins_Kill_Rail_Trail.html|accessdate=November 28, 2017 }}
File:Mile post 81, Paulinskill Valley Trail, Paulina, NJ.jpg
References
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{{Warren County, New Jersey}}
Category:Blairstown, New Jersey
Category:Unincorporated communities in Warren County, New Jersey