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Morgan, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
MorganLocation of Morgan in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°28′00″N 74°16′06″W / 40.46667°N 74.26833°W / 40.46667; -74.26833
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Middlesex
Borough	Sayreville
Elevation	66 ft (20 m)
GNIS feature ID	878475

Morgan is a neighborhood in Sayreville in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, named for Charles Morgan III who purchased the land on May 7, 1710.

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

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.

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

See also

• List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey

References

1. ^ "Morgan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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. "Morgan Heights Sayreville, NJ 08879, Neighborhood Profile - NeighborhoodScout".
6. "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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: New Brunswick
Cities	New Brunswick Perth Amboy South Amboy
Boroughs	Carteret Dunellen Helmetta Highland Park Jamesburg Metuchen Middlesex Milltown Sayreville South Plainfield South River Spotswood
Townships	Cranbury East Brunswick Edison Monroe North Brunswick Old Bridge Piscataway Plainsboro South Brunswick Woodbridge
CDPs	Avenel Brownville Clearbrook Colonia Concordia Cranbury Dayton Deans Encore at Monroe Fords Forsgate Heathcote Hopelawn Iselin Keasbey Kendall Park Kingston‡ Laurence Harbor Madison Park Menlo Park Terrace Monmouth Junction Monroe Manor Old Bridge Plainsboro Center Port Reading Princeton Meadows Regency at Monroe Renaissance at Monroe Rossmoor Rutgers University-Busch Campus Rutgers University-Livingston Campus Sewaren Society Hill Stonebridge The Ponds Whittingham Woodbridge
Other unincorporated communities	Adams Applegarth Bonhamtown Boynton Beach Brookview Browntown Cheesequake Chrome Clara Barton Cottageville Cottrell Corners Cranbury Station East Spotswood Edgars Edgebrook Feaster Park Fieldville Franklin Park Fresh Ponds Gillespie Gravel Hill Half Acre Halls Corner Hazelton Hoffman Lahiere Lincoln Park Lindenau Little Rocky Hill Lynn Woodoaks Maurer Mechanicsville Melrose Menlo Park Middlesex Downs Morgan Morgan Heights New Dover New Durham New Market Newtown Nixon North Stelton Old Bridge Old Church Orchard Heights Parlin Phoenix Piscatawaytown Possumtown Potters Prospect Plains Pumptown Randolphville Raritan Gardens Raritan Landing Riverview Manor Sand Hills Sayerwood South Sayre Woods Sayreville Junction Sayreville Station Schalks Shore Road Estates Shore View Spotswood Manor Stelton Union Valley West Carteret Westons Mills Woodbridge Oaks Wyckoffs Mills
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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