Chrome, New Jersey

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Chrome, New Jersey
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Southbound Roosevelt Avenue (CR 602) in Chrome
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Coordinates: 40°34′35″N74°12′59″W / 40.57639°N 74.21639°W / 40.57639; -74.21639
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Middlesex
Borough Carteret
Elevation
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13 ft (4 m)
GNIS feature ID875428 [1]

Chrome is an unincorporated community located within Carteret in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3]

The area first received the name in the mid-1900s decade due to the many steel plants in the neighborhood, including the Chrome Steel company. It and the village of Carteret seceded from Woodbridge Township in 1906 to become the borough of Roosevelt (renamed to Carteret in 1922). [4] The neighborhood's main street was once a bustling shopping district. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chrome". 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. "Borough of Carteret, NJ: Chrome Waterfront Redevelopment Area". Borough of Carteret, NJ Code.
  4. "History of Carteret". Carteret Historical Committee. 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  5. NJ.com, Brian Amaral | NJ Advance Media for (January 2, 2015). "The 'next Hoboken'? Carteret development fuels high hopes for lower Roosevelt". nj.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Wilkins, Mira (April 9, 1989). The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914. Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674396661 via Google Books.