Millhurst, New Jersey

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Millhurst, New Jersey
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Former Millhurst Mill
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Location in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Millhurst (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°15′13″N74°20′30″W / 40.25361°N 74.34167°W / 40.25361; -74.34167
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Monmouth
Township Manalapan
Elevation
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144 ft (44 m)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Area code(s) 732/848
GNIS feature ID878379 [1]

Millhurst is an unincorporated community located within Manalapan Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] Route 33 and County Route 527 (Sweetmans Lane) pass through the center of Millhurst. Much of the area consists of businesses along the aforementioned arterial roads with the Millhurst Mill at the CR 527 crossing of Manalapan Brook. [3] The mill is a former grist mill built in the 1700s, rebuilt in the 1800s as a more efficient mill, and turned into a family business by Bernard Hochberg in 1925. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Millhurst". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 27, 2015.
  3. "Aerial view of Millhurst" (Map). Google Maps . Google. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. Celano, Clare Marie (May 28, 2015). "Businesses keep it in the family". News Transcript. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.