unincorporated community
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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Layton
Layton or The Laytons may refer to:
Places
United States
* Layton, Florida, a city
* Layton, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Layton Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
* Layton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
* Layton, Pennsyl ...
. Its coordinates are
latitude
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41.25194 and
longitude
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−74.80333. It is above sea level.
Named for
Daniel Haines
Daniel Haines (January 6, 1801 – January 26, 1877) was an American politician, jurist and lawyer. He was the 14th governor of New Jersey.
Early life
Haines was born in New York City, the nephew of Governor Aaron Ogden. He graduated from The ...
,
governor of New Jersey
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from 1843 to 1844 and from 1845 to 1848, it is in
Area code 973
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, and ZIP Code 07826, both of which it shares with
Branchville, New Jersey
Branchville is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 841,General Store, Hidden Acres Golf Course, the Hainesville Fish and Wildlife Management Area, a body of water known as the Hainesville Pond, and the Hainesville Cemetery 1879 and Shaytown Burial Ground 1812. The
Catholic
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parish St. Thomas the Apostle is actually located in nearby Layton.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hainesville include:
* Blase Cole (born November 21, 1879), a physician who served in the
New Jersey Senate
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comic-book
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artist
Bill Sienkiewicz
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