Ledgewood is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
located within
Roxbury Township in
Morris County,
New Jersey
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. It was historically known as Drakesville after Abraham Drake, originally from
Piscataway, New Jersey, who operated a mill and tavern here in the mid 1700s. The community was located on the
Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...
.
The area is served as
United States Postal Service
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ZIP Code 07852.
As of the
2000 United States Census
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...
, the population for
ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are statistical entities developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics. These were introduced with the Census 2000 and continued with the 2010 Census and 5 year American Community ...
07852 was 2,558.
Ledgewood Mall
The Shops at Ledgewood Commons is a shopping plaza in Ledgewood, New Jersey, United States. Its anchors are Ashley Furniture HomeStores, Marshalls, Walmart, and Burlington. It is an outdoor shopping plaza with a gross leasable area of . From the ...
is located in Ledgewood.
Demographics
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ledgewood include:
*
Jetur R. Riggs (1809–1869), represented in the
U.S. representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from 1859 to 1861.
Jetur Rose Riggs
'' Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed September 2, 2007.
Points of interest
* King Store and Homestead
* Ledgewood Historic District
*Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...
* Silas Riggs House
*Tom's Diner - The location of parts of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time were filmed in this now abandoned establishment
Gallery
File:211 Main Street, Ledgewood, NJ - King Store.jpg, King Store
File:Ledgewood, NJ - Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 3 East - information sign.jpg, Morris Canal, Inclined Planes
File:213 Main Street, Ledgewood, NJ - Silas Riggs House.jpg, Silas Riggs House
References
External links
* curator of museums at Drakesville Historic Park
Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07852
from the United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...
{{Morris County, New Jersey
Roxbury Township, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Morris County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey