The Deserted Village of Feltville is located in the Watchung Reservation in Berkeley Heights. It was a mill town, a farming community, and a summer resort. David Felt was a Boston business man and decided to move to New York City, but the production of his mill couldn't grow fast enough to meet the demands of the merchants he supplied to so he bought land in New Jersey. He named the new town "Feltville" and by 1850 the town had about 175 people. After 15 years Felt sold the property and after several successor businesses failed, the place became known as "the deserted village"
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