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Pages in category "People from Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During the American Civil War, Breaux Bridge was the site of an engagement known as the "Battle of Breaux Bridge." According to Andrew B. Booth’s 1920 "Index to Battles, Campaigns, Engagements, Etc., Fought Within the Limits of the State of Louisiana, 1861–1865," military actions took place at Breaux Bridge on April 17 and April 21, 1863. [7]
Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,484, [8] [9] an increase of 981 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 26,503, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 6,004 (+29.3%) from the 20,499 counted in the 2000 census. [20]
The New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) is the largest and busiest highway in Hamilton, though it has no interchanges within the township. Situated next to the New Jersey state capital of Trenton, and New Jersey's eighth-largest municipality, Hamilton Township is 65 miles (105 km) away from New York City and 35 miles (56 km) away from Philadelphia.
Breaux Frères or Breaux Brothers (Amédé on accordion, Ophé on guitar, and Cléopha on the fiddle), [1] were Cajun musicians. They were the earliest to record the song "Jolie Blonde", under the title of "Ma Blonde Est Partie". [2] Amédé Breaux was born on September 1, 1900, north of Rayne, Louisiana, near a community called Roberts Cove ...
John Basilone Veterans Memorial Bridge in 2020. The John Basilone Veterans Memorial Bridge is a bridge in New Jersey that crosses the Raritan River in Somerset County in Raritan and Hillsborough. The bridge was built in 2005 [1] to replace the smaller Nevius Street Bridge built in 1886. The Nevius Street Bridge today functions as a pedestrian ...
The bridge, which opened along with the Turnpike in 1951 is named for John Basilone, a World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor who grew up in nearby Raritan, New Jersey. Memorials for the bridge can be found at both the northbound Joyce Kilmer Travel Plaza and southbound Thomas Edison Travel Plaza.
Kingsland Avenue Bridge, earlier known as Avondale Bridge and designated the De Jessa Memorial Bridge, is a vehicular movable bridge over the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey. It crosses the county line to connect the towns of Lyndhurst in Bergen and Nutley in Essex , [ 1 ] originally taking its name from the Kingsland section .