New Dover, New Jersey

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New Dover, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°35′06″N74°20′36″W / 40.58500°N 74.34333°W / 40.58500; -74.34333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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County Middlesex
Township Edison
Elevation
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141 ft (43 m)
GNIS feature ID878730 [1]

New Dover is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] The neighborhood began as colonial village that was part of adjacent Woodbridge Township. [5] [6] Along with Bonhamtown, New Durham and Stelton, it is one of the older historical communities of the township. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Dover". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Spies, Stacy (2001), Edison, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN   9780738505497
  4. ↑ Fleming, Herbert R. (1947). "Map of Middlesex County, New Jersey". Middlesex County (NJ). Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ Troeger, Virginia B. and McEwen, Robert James (2002), Woodbridge: New Jersey's Oldest Township, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN   9780738523941 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Makin, Bob (December 12, 2019). "350 years of Woodbridge history". Courier News and Home News Tribune. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.


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