Located in Hunterdon County, West Amwell Township is a township with a clearly defined local character. The township occupies the southwestern corner of Hunterdon County near Lambertville, the Mercer County line, and the Delaware River corridor. The township is characterized by farmland, wooded slopes, scattered homes, and the northern edge of the Sourland Mountain region. Routes 179 and 202 provide access to Lambertville, Flemington, Hopewell, and nearby Pennsylvania communities. Hunterdon County occupies west-central New Jersey between the Delaware River and the state’s central transportation corridors. Rolling farmland, wooded ridges, historic villages, river towns, reservoirs, and low-density townships give the county a distinctive rural and small-town character. The result is a community that retains its own identity while benefiting from the transportation, employment, and cultural resources of the larger county.