Slackwood, New Jersey | |
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 Looking down Harmony Avenue from Princeton Pike (CR 583) | |
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| Coordinates:40°15′11″N74°44′05″W / 40.25306°N 74.73472°W /40.25306; -74.73472 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Mercer |
| Township | Lawrence |
| Named after | Joseph Slack, William Wood |
| Elevation | 89 ft (27 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 880639[1] |
Slackwood is anunincorporated community located withinLawrence Township inMercer County, in theU.S. state ofNew Jersey.[2] The area is named for the owners of the land that wassubdivided into the neighborhood today, Joseph Slack and William Wood. The neighborhood was first developed in 1890 as the first suburban development in the reconfigured Lawrence Township (a portion of the township had seceded in the 1880s to formMillham Township, now part of the City ofTrenton). Its location between Princeton Pike (nowCounty Route 583) and Brunswick Pike (U.S. Route 1 Business) allowed for an easy walk to nearby Trenton factories.[3][4] Today, most of the homes in Slackwood are still small bungalows with some businesses along with Princeton and Brunswick Pikes. The neighborhood is bounded by the two highways on the northwest and southeast, Slackwood Park and forest on the southwest, andShabakunk Creek and Park on the northeast.[5]
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