Edgars, New Jersey

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Location of Edgars in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°34′03″N74°16′33″W / 40.56750°N 74.27583°W / 40.56750; -74.27583 Coordinates: 40°34′03″N74°16′33″W / 40.56750°N 74.27583°W / 40.56750; -74.27583
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Middlesex
Township Woodbridge
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46 ft (14 m)
GNIS feature ID876092 [1]

Edgars or Edgar is an unincorporated community located within Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [2] [3] It approximately includes the area around Woodbridge High School over to Rahway Avenue, south of the Port Reading Railroad. The upper section of Ridgedale Avenue is known as Edgar's Hill. There was a Pennsylvania Railroad stop called Edgars approximately where Prospect Avenue would cross the railway, steps for this are still visible on the western side as of 2016.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Edgars". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office via Google Books.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 8, 2015.