In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 72 churches listed here reported from Somerset County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.
Basking Ridge
Bishop Janes M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark Conference. Pastor: Carl C. E. Mellberg
St. James – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: W. J. McKean
Bedminster
Bedminster Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Raritan. Pastor: George Moore
Bernardsville
Bernardsville M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. Pastor: H. P. King
Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: W. J. McKean
The First Congregational Church of Bernardsville, N.J. – Congregational Churches, Middle Atlantic District. Pastor: Eugene Van Riper
Blawenburg
Blawenburg Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Philadelphia. Pastor: Herbert Wernecke
Bound Brook
Unnamed congregation – Congregational Churches, North Atlantic Conference. Pastor: Francis E. Wilber
Bound Brook – Reformed Church in America, Classis of New Brunswick. Pastor: C. Alexander Terhune
Bound Brook Temple – Pillar of Fire. Pastor: F. W. Borough
Methodist Episcopal Church of Bound Brook – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. Pastor: Robert M. Bolmer
St. John's – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri. Pastor: John N. C. Mohrmann
St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Thos. Sudden
St. Mary's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Celaus M. Jasionowski
Clover Hill
Clover Hill Reformed – Reformed Church in America, Particular Synod of New Brunswick. Pastor: Gerard R. Gnade
Dunellen
St. Nicholas – Roman Catholic Church, Pittsburg
East Millstone
East Millstone M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. Pastor: Warner H. Lewis
East Millstone Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of New Brunswick. Pastor: Jacob J. Sessler
St. James & Franklin A.M.E. Churches – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey A.M.E. Conference. Pastor: C. H. Gibson
St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: John A. Sullivan
Far Hills
St. Elizabeth's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: Thomas F. Maher
Finderne
Finderne Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Raritan - Particular Synod of New Brunswick. Pastor: Frederick M. Leonard
Gladstone
Gladstone M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. Pastor: Parris C. Greenly
Peapack Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Raritan. Pastor: Julius Prochnau
Griggstown
Griggstown Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Particular Synod of New Brunswick. Pastor: Student pastor
Harlingen
Harlingen Ref'd Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Philadelphia. Pastor: Preston F. Strauss
Kingston
First – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference. Pastor: William B. Magsam
Madville
St. Mary's gr. rite cath. – Greek Catholic, Diocese of Pittsburgh. Pastor: Method Goydich
Manville
Pillar of Fire – Pillar of Fire. Pastor: Louis Meretta
Polish Roman Catholic Church of The Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: F. A. Kasprowicz
St. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church – Russian Orthodox Church, Diocese. Pastor: Elisey Lilikovich
Middlebush
Middlebush Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of New Brunswick. Pastor: F. Alvin Langwith
Millstone
Hillsborough – Reformed Church in America, Classis of New Brunswick. Pastor: Henry K. Hotaling
Mount Bethel
Mt. Bethel – Northern Baptist Convention, East. Pastor: Wm. H. Mount
Our Lady of the Mount – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, New Jersey
Neshanic
Neshanic M.E. Ch. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. Pastor: Warner H. Lewis
Neshanic Reformed – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Philadelphia. Pastor: Geo. B. Scholten
No. Plainfield
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of No. Plainfield, N.J. – United Lutheran Church in America, New Jersey Conference of the New York Ministerium, U.L.C. Pastor: C. S. Kirkegaard
North Branch
Reformed Dutch Church of North Branch, N.J. – Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick General Synod - Classis of Raritan. Pastor: Louis F. Sauerbrunn
North Plainfield
Blydenwood Park Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Baptist State Convention, East Association. Pastor: Emmet L. Case
Gospel Tabernacle – Christian and Missionary Alliance, Eastern District. Pastor: C. Myron Peck
Grace Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. Pastor: Oscar L. Joseph
St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, New Jersey. Pastor: William A. Gilfillan
Plainfield
Plainfield, First German – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Newark
Pottersville
Pottersville, Dutch Ref. Church – Reformed Church in America, Synod of New Brunswick - Classis of Raritan
Raritan
First Slovak Ev. Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the United States of America, Slovak Lutheran Synod. Pastor: Paul J. Rajcok
St. Ann's Church – Roman Catholic Church. Pastor: Christopher Mazzolini
St. Bernard's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: W. H. Waldron
St. Joseph – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Trenton, N.J. Pastor: Joseph F. Ketter
Third Raritan – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Raritan. Pastor: Edgar J. McCully
Rocky Hill
First Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of New Brunswick. Pastor: J. Frederic Mauer, LL.B.
Mount Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference. Pastor: J. W. Herring
Skillman
Mt. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Is a mission, 10 member enroll with Bethel church, Flemington, totaling 40 members. Pastor: B. W. White
