Nixon is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. 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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| Schools |
- Edison Township Public Schools
- Edison High School
- J.P. Stevens High School
- Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools
- Bishop George Ahr High School
- Wardlaw-Hartridge School
- Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Edison branch
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| NRHP properties |
- Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge
- Laing House of Plainfield Plantation
- Benjamin Shotwell House
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| Other landmarks |
- Camp Kilmer
- Dismal Swamp
- Edison Assembly
- Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum
- Edison NJT station
- Edison State Park
- Kin-Buc Landfill
- Menlo Park Mall
- Raritan Center
- Roosevelt Park
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| History |
- Nixon Nitration Works
- 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster
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This list is incomplete.
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United States
New Jersey