Maxim, New Jersey

Maxim, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Maxim is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Maxim
Maxim
Location in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Maxim is located in New Jersey
Maxim
Maxim
Maxim (New Jersey)
Maxim is located in the United States
Maxim
Maxim
Maxim (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°09′10″N 74°10′54″W / 40.15278°N 74.18167°W / 40.15278; -74.18167
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMonmouth
TownshipHowell
Elevation
[1]
75 ft (23 m)
GNIS feature ID878202[1]

Maxim is an unincorporated community located within Howell Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] The area, just southwest of the Squankum takes its name from the Maxim Powder Company and its founder, Hudson Maxim,[3] who developed a plant there in 1890.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Maxim". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "History of Howell Township". Howell Township. Retrieved April 3, 2020. Another munitions operation in Howell Township was the Maxim Powder Company, located just southwest of the Squankum area, which was founded by Hudson Maxim (MWMA, 1999). The Maxim area of Howell is named after this inventor and entrepreneur.
  4. ^ "Hudson Maxim - Scientific American". Scientific American.


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