world.wikisort.org - USANixon is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.[2][3] It was named after Lewis Nixon, a manufacturer and community leader. Soon after the outbreak of World War I, Nixon established a massive volatile chemicals processing facility there, known as the Nixon Nitration Works. It was the site of the 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster, a massive explosion and resulting fire that killed 20 persons and destroyed several square miles around the plant.[4]
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
Nixon, New Jersey |
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Location of Nixon in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey Show map of Middlesex County, New JerseyNixon, New Jersey (New Jersey) Show map of New JerseyNixon, New Jersey (the United States) Show map of the United States |
Coordinates: 40°30′51″N 74°22′03″W |
Country | United States |
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State | New Jersey |
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County | Middlesex |
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Township | Edison |
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Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
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GNIS feature ID | 878807[1] |
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See also
- List of neighborhoods in Edison, New Jersey
References
- "Nixon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015.
- Spies, Stacy (2001), Edison, Arcadia Publishing
- Staff. "FERTILIZER PLANT BLOWS UP; Theory Is That TNT, Accidentally Left in Shells, Caused Blast.", The New York Times, March 2, 1924. Accessed March 20, 2012. "At least twenty persons were killed yesterday in an explosion of a two-story tile and brick fertilizer building of Ammonite Company at Nixon, N.J., six miles northeast of New Brunswick. A dozen others were unaccounted for last night and were listed as missing."
Edison, New Jersey |
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Sections | | |
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Education |
- Edison Township Public Schools
- Edison High School
- J. P. Stevens High School
- Huaxia Edison Chinese School
- Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools
- Middlesex County Academy
- Middlesex County College
- Wardlaw-Hartridge School
- Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Edison branch
- St. Thomas Aquinas High School
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Parks, recreation and entertainment |
- Dismal Swamp
- Edison State Park
- Exxxotica Expo
- Middlesex Greenway
- Plainfield Country Club
- Plays-in-the-Park
- Roosevelt Park
- Rutgers Ecological Preserve
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Economy |
- Bare Necessities
- Crazy Eddie
- Gund
- Hackensack Meridian Health
- FedEx Ground
- Kam Man Food
- JFK Medical Center
- Menlo Park Mall
- Oak Tree Road
- OrbitBeyond
- Raritan Center
- Zylog Systems
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History |
- Camp Kilmer
- Durham Woods explosion
- Edison Assembly
- Kin-Buc Landfill
- Mayor of Edison
- 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster
- Piscatawaytown
- Edison divorce torture plot
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Public transportation |
- Edison station
- Metropark
- Metuchen station
- NJT 800 buses
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Roads and bridges |
- Raritan River bridges
- Interstate 287
- New Jersey Turnpike
- U.S. Route 1
- Route 27
- Route 440
- County Routes
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This list is incomplete. |
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