Coxs Corner, Monmouth County, New Jersey

For other locations with similar names, see Coxs Corner, New Jersey.
Coxs Corner, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
View of the intersection facing east
View of the intersection facing east
Coxs Corner is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Coxs Corner
Coxs Corner
Location in Monmouth County (Inset: Monmouth County in New Jersey)
Coxs Corner is located in New Jersey
Coxs Corner
Coxs Corner
Coxs Corner (New Jersey)
Coxs Corner is located in the United States
Coxs Corner
Coxs Corner
Coxs Corner (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°10′54″N 74°30′41″W / 40.18167°N 74.51139°W / 40.18167; -74.51139
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMonmouth
TownshipUpper Freehold
Named forJames Cox
Elevation
[1]
154 ft (47 m)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID881965[1]
Box Grove, home of General Cox – watercolor by his daughter Amy[2]

Coxs Corner, also known as Cox's Corner or Wrightsville, is an unincorporated community located within Upper Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4] Named for congressman and brigadier general James Cox (1753–1810), who had lived here at the family home of "Box Grove", it is at the juncture of County Route 524 and County Route 43.[2][5][6] The Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes through the area.[5][7]

  1. ^ a b "Wrightsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Randall Gabrielan (2001). Allentown and Upper Freehold Township. Arcadia Publishing. p. 103. ISBN 9780738500942.
  3. ^ "An Alphabetical Listing of Local Places and Incorporated Municipalities in the State of New Jersey". 1962. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Meritt, Jane (March 29, 2006). "Byway would lead tourists through area's unique past". The Examiner. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Meirs, David A. "Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway: Tour Narrative". Docstoc. Intuit. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
    United States Congress. "Cox, James, (1753–1810) (id: C000834)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
    Cocks, George William (1912). The Cox Family in America. New York: George William Cocks. pp. 165, 167. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "Scenic Byways in New Jersey Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway". State of New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2015.