Morsemere, New Jersey
Populated place in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
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Morsemere is a neighborhood in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, largely in the northern part of Ridgefield and straddling the border of Palisades Park south of start of U.S. Route 46.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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| Coordinates: 40°50′34″N 74°00′17″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Borough | Palisades Park and Ridgefield |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 878502[1] |
Erie Railroad (1942–1960)
Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976)
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| Location | Ridgefield, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Owner | Northern Railroad of New Jersey (1859–1942) Erie Railroad (1942–1960) Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976) | ||||||||||
| Line | Erie Railroad Northern Branch | ||||||||||
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Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1913[2] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1870s | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1966[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1872 | ||||||||||
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History
Morsemere is named for Samuel Morse,[5] who had bought property with the intention of building a home there, but died before doing so. His estate was subdivided[10] and laid out from 1899 to 1902.[11] It underwent massive expansion around 1910.[12][13]
The eponymous Morsemere Church was completed in 1928.[7][14] The locally founded Morsemere Trust Company was eventually subsumed by MetroCorp Bancshares.
Until the 1950s when dial telephone service arrived, the local exchange was MOrsemere 6.[citation needed]
The Erie Railroad Northern Branch had a station in the neighborhood as well as at Ridgefield.[10][15] The station house, built when the community was developed, burn down in 1928.[16] It was also accessible by trolley form the 130th Ferry Terminal in Edgewater.[17]
