Nixon, New Jersey
Populated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nixon is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2][3] 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.[4]
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Nixon, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40°30′51″N 74°22′03″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Middlesex |
Township | Edison |
Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 878807[1] |
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