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===20th century=== Near Piscatawaytown village, a portion of the township was informally known as "[[Nixon, New Jersey|Nixon]]", after [[Lewis Nixon (naval architect)|Lewis Nixon]], a manufacturer and community leader. Soon after the outbreak of [[World War I]], Nixon established a massive volatile chemicals processing facility there, known as the [[Nixon Nitration Works]]. It was the site of the [[1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster]], a massive explosion and resulting fire that killed 20 people and destroyed several square miles of the township.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1924/03/02/archives/fertilizer-plant-blows-up-theory-is-that-tnt-accidentally-left-in.html "Fertilizer Plant Blows Up; Theory Is That TNT, Accidentally Left in Shells, Caused Blast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004926/https://www.nytimes.com/1924/03/02/archives/fertilizer-plant-blows-up-theory-is-that-tnt-accidentally-left-in.html |date=July 23, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 2, 1924. Accessed November 4, 2018. "At least twenty persons were killed yesterday in an explosion of a two-story tile and brick fertilizer building of Ammonite Company at Nixon, N.J., six miles northeast of New Brunswick. A dozen others were unaccounted for last night and were listed as missing."</ref> In 1954, the township's name was changed to honor inventor [[Thomas A. Edison]].<ref name=Story/><ref name="britannica.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Menlo-Park-New-Jersey|title=Menlo Park | New Jersey, United States|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124090146/https://www.britannica.com/place/Menlo-Park-New-Jersey|url-status=live}}</ref> Also on the ballot in 1954 was a failed proposal to change the community's name to Nixon.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/09/05/archives/edison-may-be-the-name-of-raritan-after-vote.html "Edison May Be the Name Of Raritan After Vote"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160451/https://www.nytimes.com/1954/09/05/archives/edison-may-be-the-name-of-raritan-after-vote.html |date=November 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 5, 1954. Accessed November 4, 2018. Raritan Township, N. J., Sept. 4 β This community may change its name on election day to Edison, N. J., to honor the man who perfected the incandescent lamp here seventy-five years ago. ... The other petition, with 2,856 names, asks that the name be changed to Nixon, N. J., after the late Lewis Nixon, a local manufacturer and civic leader."</ref> In 1959, the [[Menlo Park Mall]], a two-level [[Super-regional mall|super regional shopping mall]], opened on [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]].
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