The inn's Dog & Deer Tavern first opened in 1796. The Stockton Inn (formerly known as Colligan's Stockton Inn) was established in 1710. The borough was incorporated in 1898, having been separated from Delaware Township. In 1852 the Belvidere Delaware Railroad reached town and accelerated its prosperity. Stockton soon began to develop as an industrious town with mills and quarries sprouting in the area. Senator Robert Field Stockton, who was instrumental in the creation of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. The name became Stockton with the creation of a railroad station and a local post office in 1851.
The name was changed to Centre Bridge Station to match the name of the post office and hamlet on the Pennsylvania side of the river. The community was first known as Reading Ferry and later as Howell's Ferry. Stockton is located along the Delaware River north of Lambertville. Stockton was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1898, from portions of Delaware Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 495, a decrease of 43 (−8.0%) from the 2010 census count of 538, which in turn reflected a decline of 22 (−3.9%) from the 560 counted in the 2000 census. The borough sits on the Delaware River at the western end of Amwell Valley. Stockton is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S.
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