Ledgewood is an

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and

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(CDP) in Roxbury Township,

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, United States. It was historically known as Drakesville after Abraham Drake, originally from

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, who operated a mill and tavern here in the mid-1700s. The community was located on the

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. The name changed to Ledgewood on January 1, 1892. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 07852. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,903.

Geography

Ledgewood is in western Morris County, in the western part of Roxbury Township. The CDP is bordered to the north by

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, to the northeast by the borough of Mount Arlington, to the east by Kenvil, and to the south by

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. It is bordered to the west by

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and Budd Lake within Mount Olive Township. The borough of Netcong is less than north of the northwest corner of Ledgewood. The unincorporated community of Ledgewood is in the eastern part of the CDP.

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forms the northern border of the Ledgewood CDP, with access from exits 27 ( U.S. Route 206), 28 ( U.S. Route 46), and 30 ( Howard Boulevard). I-80 leads east to Parsippany and west to the

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. US 206 runs through the more sparsely developed western part of Ledgewood, leading north into Netcong and south to Somerville. US 46 passes through the community of Ledgewood and the northeastern part of the CDP, leading northwest into Netcong and east to

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has its western terminus at US 46 in the community of Ledgewood and leads southeast into Succasunna. According to the

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, the Ledgewood CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.46%, are water. Drakes Brook has its source in Ledgewood and flows southwest to join the South Branch of the

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in Washington Township. The Shops at Ledgewood Commons is a shopping area along

in the eastern part of Ledgewood.

Demographics

Ledgewood was first listed as a

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in the 2020 U.S. Census.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ledgewood include: * Jetur R. Riggs (1809–1869), who represented in the

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from 1859 to 1861Jetur Rose Riggs
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''. Accessed September 2, 2007.

Points of interest

* King Store and Homestead * Ledgewood Historic District *

* Silas Riggs House *Tom's Diner - The location of parts of the video for

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's " Time After Time" were filmed in this now abandoned establishment

Gallery

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References

External links

* curator of museums at Drakesville Historic Park
Census 2000 Fact Sheet for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07852
from the

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