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Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Whitehouse Station (also spelled as White House Station) is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) located within Readington Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.〔(New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) ), United States Census Bureau, August 2012. Accessed November 15, 2012.〕〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed April 19, 2015.〕 At the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 2,089.〔 Whitehouse Station takes its name from Whitehouse and Abraham Van Horne's 18th century tavern.〔Staff. ("Living history in Whitehouse" ), ''Courier-News'', March 6, 2005. Accessed November 16, 2012. "About 1750 Abraham Van Horne built the first tavern in the area. It was on the road from Clinton to Somerville where it crossed Rockaway Creek (now Route 22). Because the building had white plastered walls it became known as the 'White House'. The name also was given to the village which sprang up around the tavern."〕
New Jersey Transit offers service on the Raritan Valley Line at White House Station.〔(Hunterdon County Bus / Rail Connections ), New Jersey Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 26, 2010. Accessed November 14, 2012.〕
==History==
The area, which is now served only by New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line, used to be a railroad junction, serving as the endpoint of the ill-fated Rockaway Valley Railroad, which ceased operation in 1913.〔Wright, Terry. ("Rockaway Valley Railroad memorabilia displayed by Tewksbury Historical Society" ), ''Hunterdon County Democrat'', December 22, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕
Whitehouse Station was home to the global headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Merck, which was housed in the modernist Merck headquarters building. Merck is in the process of moving out of the campus, shifting its base of operations to Kenilworth.
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