Morgan, New Jersey | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Middlesex County |
Pushpin Label: | Morgan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Morgan in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Middlesex |
Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
Subdivision Name3: | Sayreville |
Elevation Ft: | 66 |
Coordinates: | 40.4667°N -74.2683°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 878475 |
Unit Pref: | imperial |
Morgan is a neighborhood in Sayreville in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey,[1] [2] [3] [4] named for Charles Morgan III who purchased the land on May 7, 1710.[5] [6]
The Morgan Draw, constructed over the Cheesequake Creek in 1912, serves the North Jersey Coast Line.[7]
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.[8] [9]
Morgan Heights is a neighborhood on the bluff in the district.