Morgan, New Jersey

Morgan is a neighborhood in Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States,[2][3][4][5] named for Charles Morgan III who purchased the land on May 7, 1710.[6][7]

Morgan, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Morgan, New Jersey
Location of Morgan in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°28′00″N 74°16′06″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
BoroughSayreville
Elevation66 ft (20 m)
GNIS feature ID878475[1]

The Morgan Draw, constructed over the Cheesequake Creek in 1912, serves the North Jersey Coast Line.[8]

A month before the end of World War I in 1918, the neighborhood was heavily damaged by the T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion.[9][10]

Morgen Heights is a neighborhood on the bluff in the district.

See also

References
  1. "Morgan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 11, 2015.
  4. "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  5. http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nj/sayreville/morgan-heights/
  6. https://www.sayrevillehistory.org/timeline
  7. James, Verne. "Morgan, New Jersey". Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  8. "REHABILITATION PLANNED FOR 94-YEAR-OLD DRAWBRIDGE ON NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. April 12, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  9. Yusko, Frank (1994). The Morgan Explosion of 1918. Milltown, NJ: Visionary Video Studios.
  10. Gabrielan, Randall (2012). Explosion at Morgan: The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-517-6.


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