Nixon, New Jersey

Nixon, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°30′51″N 74°22′03″W / 40.51417°N 74.36750°W / 40.51417; -74.36750Coordinates: 40°30′51″N 74°22′03″W / 40.51417°N 74.36750°W / 40.51417; -74.36750
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Middlesex
Township	Edison
Elevation^[1]	52 ft (16 m)
GNIS feature ID	878807^[1]

Nixon is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.^[2] It was named after Lewis Nixon, a manufacturer and community leader. Soon after the outbreak of World War I, Nixon established a massive volatile chemicals processing facility there, known as the Nixon Nitration Works. It was the site of the 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster, a massive explosion and resulting fire that killed 20 persons and destroyed several square miles around the plant.^[3]

References

1 2 "Nixon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015.
↑ Staff. "FERTILIZER PLANT BLOWS UP; Theory Is That TNT, Accidentally Left in Shells, Caused Blast.", The New York Times, March 2, 1924. Accessed March 20, 2012. "At least twenty persons were killed yesterday in an explosion of a two-story tile and brick fertilizer building of Ammonite Company at Nixon, N.J., six miles northeast of New Brunswick. A dozen others were unaccounted for last night and were listed as missing."

Edison, New Jersey

Neighborhoods	Bonhamtown Menlo Park Nixon

Schools	Edison Township Public Schools Edison High School J.P. Stevens High School Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools Middlesex County Academy Bishop George Ahr High School Wardlaw-Hartridge School Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Edison branch

Other education	Middlesex County College Huaxia Edison Chinese School

NRHP properties	Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge Laing House of Plainfield Plantation Benjamin Shotwell House

Other landmarks	Camp Kilmer Dismal Swamp Edison Assembly Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum Edison NJT station Edison State Park Kin-Buc Landfill Menlo Park Mall Raritan Center Roosevelt Park

History	Nixon Nitration Works 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster

This list is incomplete.

Municipalities and communities of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: New Brunswick

Cities	New Brunswick Perth Amboy South Amboy

Boroughs	Carteret Dunellen Helmetta Highland Park Jamesburg Metuchen Middlesex Milltown Sayreville South Plainfield South River Spotswood

Townships	Cranbury East Brunswick Edison Monroe North Brunswick Old Bridge Piscataway Plainsboro South Brunswick Woodbridge

CDPs	Avenel Brownville Clearbrook Park Colonia Concordia Cranbury Dayton Fords Heathcote Iselin Kendall Park Kingston Laurence Harbor Madison Park Monmouth Junction Old Bridge Plainsboro Center Port Reading Princeton Meadows Rossmoor Sewaren Society Hill Whittingham Woodbridge

Other unincorporated communities	Adams Applegarth Avon Park Barber Berdines Corner Black Horse Bonhamtown Boynton Beach Brookview Browntown Brunswick Gardens Cheesequake Chrome Clara Barton Clearbrook Cottageville Cottrell Corners Cranbury Station Crossmans Deans Dunhams Corner East Spotswood Edgars Edgebrook Ernston Fairview Knolls Farrington Lake Heights Feaster Park Fieldville Franklin Park Fresh Ponds Georges Road Gillespie Gillilandtown Gravel Hill Greensand Half Acre Halls Corner Harbor Terrace Haven Homes Hazelton Herberts Hoffman Hopelawn Jamesburg Gardens Jamesburg Park Jefferson Park John J Delaney Homes Keasbey Lahiere Laurel Park Lawrence Brook Manor Lincoln Park (Edison) Lincoln Park (New Brunswick) Lindenau Little Rocky Hill Lynn Woodoaks MacArthur Manor Maple Meade Martins Landing Matchaponix Maurer Mechanicsville Melrose Menlo Park Menlo Park Terrace Middlesex Downs Moerls Corner Morgan Morgan Heights Morristown Mounts Mills New Dover New Durham New Market Newton Heights Newtown Nixon North Edison North Stelton Oak Tree Old Church Orchard Heights Outcalt Parlin Patricks Corner Paulas Corner Phoenix (Edison) Phoenix (Sayreville) Possumtown Potters Prospect Plains Pumptown Randolphville Raritan Gardens Raritan Landing Raritan Manor Red Lion Redshaw Corner Riverview Manor Robinvale Samptown Sand Hills (Edison/Woodbridge) Sand Hills (South Brunswick) Sayerwood South Sayre Woods Sayreville Junction Sayreville Station Schalks Scotts Corner Shore Road Estates Shore View South Brunswick Terrace South Old Bridge Spotswood Manor Stelton Tanners Corner Texas Thomas J Dohany Homes Tracy Union Valley Valentine Washington Heights Washington Park West Carteret Westons Mills William Dunlap Homes Woodbridge Oaks Wyckoffs Mills

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