Hopelawn, New Jersey
| Hopelawn, New Jersey | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Hopelawn, New Jersey
Hopelawn, New Jersey
Hopelawn, New Jersey
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| Coordinates: 40°31′37″N 74°17′35″W / 40.52694°N 74.29306°WCoordinates: 40°31′37″N 74°17′35″W / 40.52694°N 74.29306°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Middlesex |
| Township | Woodbridge |
| Named for | Luther M. Hope |
| Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
| ZIP code | 08861 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0877243 |
Hopelawn is an unincorporated community located within Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
Hopelawn was the homestead and farm of Luther M. Hope in the 19th century. After its establishment, the original streets were named after Luther Hope's children (Juliette, Loretta, May, Luther, Lee, Warren, James, Howard, Clyde, John, Ellen, Charles, Herbert, Erin, Emmitt, William). Originally called Hope's Lawn, it was later shortened to Hopelawn.
Luther Martin Hope, who was born at Modestown, Virginia, June 9, 1839, and came as a young man to Brooklyn, New York, and then to Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
For many years he carried on a mercantile business in Perth Amboy, but during the latter years of his life retired and made his home on what was then known as the old Billy Watson's farm, now "Hopelawn," in Perth Amboy, his death occurring there January 25, 1907.
Hopelawn was originally two communities Ellendale Terrace from May Street south to New Brunswick Avenue and Hopelawn from May Street north to West Pond Road sections such as Washington Heights, the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and Garden State Parkway and Florida Grove along Florida Grove Rd. from West Pond Road to Lee Street.
Hopelawn was famous for its abundance of high quality clay. The Such Clay Company and the McHose Clay Company extracted clay from the area south of New Brunswick Avenue, west of Florida Grove Road, from Hopelawn to Keasbey. This area was referred to as "The Clay Banks". The Clay Banks contained several "Old Fashion Swimming Holes" and "Fishing Ponds" as well as the only baseball field in town until the baseball field next to #10 School was built in the late 1940s.
There were two sets of railroad tracks that crossed the Hopelawn Clay Banks, east to west. The rail line originated in Pennsylvania and terminated in Perth Amboy and was operated by the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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