Lakehurst

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Lakehurst
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Lakehurst
Lakehurst
Location in New Jersey
Basic data
Foundation : 1921
State : United States
State : New Jersey
County : Ocean County
Coordinates : 40 ° 1 ′  N , 74 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 1 ′  N , 74 ° 19 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,654 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,105.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.6 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 21 m
Postcodes : 08733, 08755, 08759
Area code : +1 732
FIPS : 34-37770
GNIS ID : 0885270
Website : www.lakehurstnj.org
Mayor : Timothy Borsetti

Lakehurst is a place in the US state of New Jersey , about 100 kilometers southwest of New York City . It has 2,654 inhabitants ( 2010 census ) and is the location of a base of the US Navy , the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst . Because of its history, the place calls itself "Airship Capital of the World".

history

First Flight Lakehurst

Lakehurst was founded in 1841 and for a long time was only a small town whose most important asset was its location on a railway line. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries In the 19th century, Lakehurst became known as a health resort and holiday resort.

The later airship port area had been the firing range of an ammunition factory since 1915, and from 1918 a test site for poison gas and a training camp for the Army Chemical Warfare Service under the name Camp Kendrick . After the First World War it was put up for sale by the Army. On May 16, 1919, the Minister in charge of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt , decided to purchase 1,700 acres of land in Lakehurst for use as an airship field for the Navy. In 1937 the accident of the Zeppelin LZ 129 "Hindenburg" occurred here .

Even after World War II, Lakehurst remained an airship base for US impact airships , including for air surveillance during the Cold War .

Sons and daughters

Web links

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