Adams, New Jersey

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Adams, New Jersey
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Photo of Adams along Cozzens Lane
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Location in Middlesex County
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Location in New Jersey
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Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°27′03″N74°29′36″W / 40.45083°N 74.49333°W / 40.45083; -74.49333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Middlesex
Township North Brunswick
Elevation
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115 ft (35 m)
GNIS feature ID874254 [1]

Adams is an unincorporated community located within North Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] The community is located along Cozzens Lane (County Route 608) between Route 27 and U.S. Route 1. Except for commercial businesses lining Routes 1 and 27, the community is made up of mostly residential homes and apartment complexes. [3] The community once had a station known as Adams Station, along the Pennsylvania Railroad (currently the Northeast Corridor Line), located on Adams Lane, just east of Route 1. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Adams". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. Google (May 17, 2015). "Aerial view of Adams" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  4. "Adams station, December 4, 1959". The Central New Jersey Home News. December 4, 1959. p. 18 via newspapers.com.
  5. Moss, Adam (August 16, 2009). "English: The site of the former Adams Pennsylvania Railroad station in North Brunswick, New Jersey's Adams section. The station's staircases do remain along with the platform base" via Wikimedia Commons.