Morsemere, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°50′34″N 74°00′17″W / 40.84278°N 74.00472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Borough | Palisades Park and Ridgefield |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 878502[1] |
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| Location | Ridgefield, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Northern Railroad of New Jersey (1859–1942) Erie Railroad (1942–1960) Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Erie Railroad Northern Branch | ||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1913[2] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1870s | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1966[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1872 | ||||||||||
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Morsemere is a neighborhood in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, largely in the northern part of Ridgefield and straddling the border of Palisades Park south of start of U.S. Route 46.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
- ^ a b "Morsemere". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ O'Donnell, Maureen (October 1, 1966). "Erie's 1205 Goes for Last Trip". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. pp. A1–A2. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Morsemere in Ridgefield, New Jersey (Map). May 25, 1940. doi:10.7282/T3VM4CX7 – via rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu.
Map of the Morsemere section of Ridgefield, Bergen County, N.J. with insets of Palisades Park, Ridgefield and Teaneck, showing properties for sale at public auction by the State of New York Banking Department.
- ^ Santis, Mauro De (May 25, 2017). Ridgefield. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467126571.
- ^ Beck, George M. Jr. (May 2009). Palisades Park. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738565439.
- ^ Maehrlein, Lauren (2016). "Morsemere Community Church: A Brief History" (PDF).
Morsemere was never an incorporated entity, but is a neighborhood that straddles the northern border of Ridgefield and the southern border of Palisades Park.
- ^ "Morsemere, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (October 31, 2013). The WPA Guide to New Jersey: The Garden State. Trinity University Press. ISBN 9781595342287.
