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Latest revision as of 13:39, 5 July 2024
Eldridge Park, New Jersey | |
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 At the intersection ofUS 206and Marlboro Road | |
  Eldridge Park  Eldridge Park  Eldridge Park | |
| Coordinates:40°15′55″N74°44′42″W/ 40.26528°N 74.74500°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Mercer |
| Township | Lawrence |
| Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
| GNISfeature ID | 876142[1] |
Eldridge Parkis anunincorporated communitylocated withinLawrence TownshipinMercer County,in theU.S. stateofNew Jersey.[2]The neighborhood is named for Stephen Eldridge, a farm owner in the township in the early 20th century. The neighborhood itself was established in 1906 as a settlement along the Trenton & Princeton Traction Companytrolleylineand Lawrence Road (U.S. Route 206) for European immigrants to purchase small houses in the suburbs ofTrenton.The growing population led to the construction of the Eldridge Park Elementary School and St. Ann's, the township's firstRoman Catholicchurch.[3][4]As it was in the past, the area is mostly made up of small houses with businesses clustered around US 206.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Eldridge Park".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.
- ^abGoogle(January 9, 2015)."Eldridge Park, New Jersey"(Map).Google Maps.Google.RetrievedJanuary 9,2015.
- ^"Greater Eldridge Park Neighborhood Plan"(PDF).The Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.Fall 2009. p. 107.RetrievedDecember 14,2015.
- ^"How Lawrence Township Became a Suburb"(PDF).Lawrence Historical Society.RetrievedDecember 14,2015.
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