Newbolds Corner, New Jersey

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Newbolds Corner, New Jersey
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Newbolds Corner from southbound Eayrestown Road (CR 612)
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Location of Newbolds Corner in Burlington County (Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey)
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Coordinates: 39°57′47″N74°46′47″W / 39.96306°N 74.77972°W / 39.96306; -74.77972 Coordinates: 39°57′47″N74°46′47″W / 39.96306°N 74.77972°W / 39.96306; -74.77972
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Burlington
Township Lumberton
Elevation
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46 ft (14 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID878774 [1]

Newbolds Corner is an unincorporated community located within Lumberton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. [2] The site, located at the corner of Eayrestown Road (County Route 612) and Newbolds Corner Road, was once home to a Nike missile silo which was fully demolished in late 2015. [3] [4] [5] Today, the west side of Eayrestown Road consists of housing developments, Lumberton Township's town hall, and a school, while the east side of the road features farmland. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Newbolds Corner". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 29, 2015.
  3. Bender, Donald E. "Nike Battery PH-23/25 - Lumberton, NJ". Nike Missiles & Missile Sites. Archived from the original on February 10, 1999. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  4. Bender, Donald E. (Fall 1999). "LUMBERTON'S COLD WAR LEGACY: NIKE MISSILE BATTERY PH-23/25". Nike Missiles & Missile Sites. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  5. Hefler, Jan (July 19, 2015). "Lumberton finds new use for old Nike site". Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  6. Google (August 14, 2016). "Aerial view of Newbolds Corner" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved August 14, 2016.