Morgan,_New_Jersey

Morgan, New Jersey

Morgan, New Jersey

Populated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US

Morgan is a neighborhood in Sayreville in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey,[2][3][4][5] named for Charles Morgan III who purchased the land on May 7, 1710.[6][7]

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The Morgan Draw, constructed over the Cheesequake Creek in 1912, serves the North Jersey Coast Line.[8]

A month before the end of World War I in 1918, the neighborhood was heavily damaged by the T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion.[9][10]

Morgan Heights is a neighborhood on the bluff in the district.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Morgan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  3. [3]
    Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Morgan Heights Sayreville, NJ 08879, Neighborhood Profile - NeighborhoodScout".
  6. [6]
    "Timeline".
  7. [7]
    James, Verne. "Morgan, New Jersey". Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  8. [8]
    "REHABILITATION PLANNED FOR 94-YEAR-OLD DRAWBRIDGE ON NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. April 12, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  9. [9]
    Yusko, Frank (1994). The Morgan Explosion of 1918. Milltown, NJ: Visionary Video Studios.
  10. [10]
    Gabrielan, Randall (2012). Explosion at Morgan: The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-517-6.


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