Freehold (N.J.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פריהולד (ניו ג'רזי)
Name (Latin)
Freehold (N.J.)
Other forms of name
Freehold Borough (N.J.)
nnaa Freehold, N.J
Coordinates
-74.275278 -74.275278 40.26 40.26 (gooearth )
W0741626 W0741626 N0401536 N0401536 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Monmouth (N.J.)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 127863341
Wikidata: Q691237
Library of congress: n 82070796
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°15ʹ36ʺN 074°16ʹ26ʺW)
  • Wikipedia, September 7, 2019(Freehold Borough, New Jersey; Freehold is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey; county seat of Monmouth County; what is now Freehold Borough was originally incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 25, 1869, from portions within Freehold Township. The town became independent of the township in 1888. On April 15, 1919, Freehold was incorporated as a borough, including all of Freehold and additional portions of Freehold Township, based on the results of a referendum held on July 8, 1919. Additional portions of Freehold Township were annexed on September 7, 1926; 40.260219°N 74.275884°W)
  • NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Libr. for Van Liew, E. Papers, 1831(Monmouth, N.J.)
  • Ellis, F. History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, c. 1885(Freehold, N.J.; 1801 name changed from Monmouth, N.J. to Freehold, N.J.; old name of Monmouth still clung to the village, and from more than a quarter of a century afterwards it remained in frequent and common use)
  • Rand McNally Commer. Atlas, 1985(Freehold; Momouth County, N.J.)