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Nixon, New Jersey
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 Nixon, New Jersey
Location in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Nixon, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Nixon, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Middlesex |
| Township | Edison |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 878807 |
Nixon is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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.
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