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Squankum, New Jersey
Squankum (Lenape for "place of evil ghosts" or "place where evil spirits dwell") is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. State of New Jersey. Accessed March 4, 2015. The name Squankum was used for a town in Gloucester County, which was changed to present day Williamstown (see note above), due to postal regulations that prohibited the two towns from having the same name. Description Located within Howell Township, Squankum is near[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williamstown, New Jersey
Williamstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Monroe Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) , August 2012. Accessed January 13, 2013. As of the , Williamstown's population was 15,567. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester County, New Jersey
Gloucester County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 302,294. Gloucester County is located approximately southeast of Philadelphia and northwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City. It is part of the Camden, New Jersey metropolitan division of the Delaware Valley, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan statistical area and the Delaware Valley Combined statistical area, combined statistical area. The county is part of South Jersey and is the only county in New Jersey to border both Pennsylvania and Delaware. History Etymology The county is named after the city and county of Gloucester in England. History Gloucester County's county seat is Woodbury, New Jersey, Woodbury, which was founded in 1683 and is the county's oldest municipality. National Park, New Jersey, National Park in Gloucester County was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods In Howell Township, New Jersey
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Place Names Of Native American Origin In New Jersey
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of New Jersey whose names are derived from Native American languages. Listings Counties * Passaic County Settlements * Absecon * Acquackanonk Township * Allamuchy Township (Lenape: Alemuchink) * Alloway Township * Almonesson (part of Deptford Township)) * Apshawa (part of West Milford) * Atsion Village * Batsto Village * Cheesequake (part of Old Bridge Township) (Lenape: Chiskhakink) * Cinnaminson Township * Communipaw * Cohansey Township * Conaskonk Point (part of Union Beach) (Lenape: Kwënàskunk) * Crosswicks * Croton (part of Delaware Township) * Cupsaw (part of Ringwood) * Espanong (part of Jefferson Township) * Hackensack * Hoboken (Lenape: Hupokàn) * Hockhockson (part of Tinton Falls) * Ho-Ho-Kus * Hopatcong * Locktown (part of Delaware Township) * Lopatcong Township * Macopin * Mahwah * Manahawkin * Manalapan Township * Mannington Township * Mantoloking * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Squankum, New Jersey
Lower Squankum is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. State of New Jersey. Accessed February 26, 2015. The settlement is located along Lakewood-Farmingdale Road ( County Route 547) at its intersection with Herbertsville Road ( CR 549) and Old Tavern Road ( CR 21) in the eastern side of the township. It is also located near the boundary of |
Farmingdale, New Jersey
Farmingdale is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 1,329,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Farmingdale borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey , . Accessed July 29, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 195 (New Jersey)
Interstate 195 (I-195) is an auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its western end is at I-295 and Route 29 just south of Trenton, New Jersey, in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, while its eastern end is at the Garden State Parkway, Route 34 and Route 138 in Wall Township, Monmouth County. I-195 is in length. The route is mostly a four-lane highway that mainly runs through agrarian and wooded areas in Central Jersey. It has an interchange with the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in Robbinsville Township and serves as a main access road to New Jersey's state capital of Trenton, the Horse Park of New Jersey, Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park, and the Jersey Shore. I-195 is occasionally referred to as the Central Jersey Expressway. On April 6, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed H.R. 4263 naming Interstate 195 in New Jersey the James J. Howard Interstate Highway, in honor of the late James J. Howard. The current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Route 547 (New Jersey)
County Route 547 (CR 547) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Route 70 in Lakehurst to the intersection of Broadway and Myrtle Avenue in Long Branch. Near its southern terminus, it passes the East Gate of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, known as Lakehurst Naval Air Station in the past, and the site of the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937. Route description Ocean County CR 547 begins at an intersection with Route 70 in Lakehurst, Ocean County, heading northeast on two-lane undivided Lakehurst-Lakewood Road. Immediately after beginning, the route crosses the Manasquan Brook into Manchester Township and turns north, running through forested areas of the Pine Barrens to the east of the Lakehurst Maxfield Field naval station. CR 547 is briefly a four-lane divided highway as it passes an entrance to the naval station before narrowing back to a two-lane undivided road and entering more dense forests as it comes to the CR 571 junction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Route 524 (New Jersey)
County Route 524 (CR 524) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from the White Horse Circle (U.S. Route 206 or US 206 and Route 533) in Hamilton Township to Route 71 in Spring Lake Heights. There are a few concrete bridge heads which showed that the section of CR 524 between the White Horse Circle and Allentown was in the 1930s part of State Highway Route 37. Route description CR 524 begins at the modified White Horse Circle in the community of White Horse in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, where the route intersects US 206 and the southern terminus of CR 533. From the circle, the route heads east on two-lane undivided South Broad Street, which continues toward Trenton as part of US 206 west of the White Horse Circle. CR 524 passes homes before reaching an interchange with Interstate 195 (I-195), where the route is a four-lane divided highway maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation with a wide me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allaire State Park
Allaire State Park is a park located in Howell Township, New Jersey, Howell and in Wall Township, New Jersey, Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, near the borough of Farmingdale, New Jersey, Farmingdale, operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and is part of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. The park is known for its restored 19th century ironworks, Allaire Village, on the park premises. It is named after James P. Allaire, founder of the Howell Works at the same site. The park also hosts the Pine Creek Railroad, a tourist railroad. The park, which is located in the Geology of New Jersey#Coastal Plain, coastal plain geographic region of New Jersey, is an example of podzolic soils. These soils are high in iron particle content and are fairly acidic. Picnic facilities including charcoal Grill (cooking), grills, tables, playgrounds and sanitary facilities are available within the developed area of the park. The Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. At , New Jersey is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-smallest state in land area; but with close to 9.3 million residents, it ranks List of U.S. states and territories by population, 11th in population and List of U.S. states and territories by population density, first in population density. The state capital is Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, and the most populous city is Newark, New Jersey, Newark. With the exception of Warren County, New Jersey, Warren County, all of the state's 21 counties lie within the combined statistical areas of New York City or Delaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government In New Jersey
Local government in New Jersey is composed of counties and municipalities. Local jurisdictions in New Jersey differ from those in some other states because every square foot of the state is part of exactly one municipality; each of the 564 municipalities is in exactly one county; and each of the 21 counties has more than one municipality. New Jersey has no independent cities, or consolidated city-counties. The forms of municipality in New Jersey are more complex than in most other states, though, potentially leading to misunderstandings regarding the governmental nature of an area and what local laws apply. All municipalities can be classified as one of five types of local government—Borough, City, Township, Town, and Village—and one of twelve forms of government, the first five being historically associated with the five types of government and the other seven being non-standard "optional" forms provided by the New Jersey Legislature. To make matters more complex, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
