Augusta is an

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located within Frankford Township, in Sussex County,

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, United States. As of the

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, the population for the

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07822 was 887.DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 07822
,

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. Accessed August 27, 2013. Augusta is the home of the

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and the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show.

Skylands Park Skylands Stadium (known from its opening until 2014 as Skylands Park) is a professional minor-league baseball stadium located in the Augusta section of Frankford Township in Sussex County, New Jersey. It is located off of US 206, near its in ...

, a 4,300-seat

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, was home to the

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of the

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from 1993 to 2005, and the

Sussex Skyhawks The Sussex Skyhawks were a professional baseball team that played at Skylands Park in Augusta, New Jersey. The team was part of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent minor baseball league also referred to as t ...

of the

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from 2006 to 2010. The stadium is the home of the

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of the

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, which debuted in the

for the 2015 season.

Geography

Augusta is located at 41°8'42"

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, 74°41'5"

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(41.145086, -74.684753).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014. Augusta lies in the

Kittatinny Valley The Kittatinny Valley is a section of the Great Appalachian Valley in Sussex and Warren counties in northwestern New Jersey that is bounded on the northwest by Kittatinny Mountain, and in the southeast by the New Jersey Highlands region. The val ...

which is part of the

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. The

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are to the west and the New Jersey Highlands are to the east.

Geology

Augusta lies on top of the

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Martinsburg Formation, created around 450 million B. C. when a volcanic chain of islands collided with the proto

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. The islands rode over top of the North American plate creating the valley. The valley was under a shallow sea until geologic pressure forced the shale upwards. The

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covered the valley from 21,000 B.C. to 13,000 B.C. Augusta was covered in three hundred meters of ice. When the ice slowly melted this created the Paulinskill River as well as Papakatkin Creek. The Paulinskill River, which starts in

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and flows westerly through Augusta from

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, drains into the

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to the southwest. The Paulinskill is one of the premier fishing streams in the state of New Jersey. Each year, thousands of trout are stocked in the Paulinskill River from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. Papakatkin Creek drains into the

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to the north. The drainage divide is just north of Route 206 in Augusta. A chain of hills leads Papakatkin Creek to travel east and then north into the Wallkill River.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Augusta include: *

Russ Van Atta Russell Van Atta (June 21, 1906 – October 10, 1986) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns over a seven-season career. After his career ended, he was ...

(1906–1986), MLB pitcher who played with the

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and

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and was later elected as Sheriff of Sussex County.Russ Van Atta Stats

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. Accessed August 20, 2020. "Born: June 21, 1906 in Augusta, NJ"

References

External links

New Jersey Horse Enthusiast WebNew Jersey State Fair
{{Sussex County, New Jersey Frankford Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Sussex County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey