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Succasunna-Kenvil is a former census-designated place (CDP) located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] As of the 2000 United States Census , the CDP's population was 12,569. [ 1 ]
Succasunna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, [8] serving as the township's downtown and population center. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 10,338, [3] up from 9,152 in 2010. [9]
Kenvil is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [8] located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [9] As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 1,806.
September 12 – The Hercules Munitions Plant in Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey explodes, killing 55 people. September 16 – WWII: The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 is signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt, creating the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
Roxbury is a township in southwestern Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [18] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,950, [9] [10] a decrease of 374 (−1.6%) from the 2010 census count of 23,324, [19] [20] which in turn reflected a decline of 559 (−2.3%) from the 23,883 counted in the 2000 census. [21]
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 30 mi (48 km) west of New York City.According to the 2020 census, the county was the state's tenth-most populous county, [3] with a population of 509,285, [4] [5] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 17,009 (+3.5%) from the 2010 census count of 492,276, [6] which in turn reflected an increase of 22,064 (+11 ...
The Hercules Powder plant disaster was an explosion at an armaments factory owned by the Hercules Powder Company in the Kenvil section of Roxbury, New Jersey, on 12 September 1940. [1] [2] About 52 people were killed and 100 injured. [1] The cause of the explosion remains unclear.
The Hercules Munitions Plant in Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey explodes, killing 55 people. September 14 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts at ethnic cleansing.