Editing Navesink, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Middletown Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Navesink include:
* [[Tom Hanson (American football)|Tom Hanson]] (1907-1970), [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] in the [[National Football League]], mainly for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], for whom he caught the first touchdown in franchise history<ref>Edelson, Stephen. [https://www.app.com/story/sports/2015/04/09/temple-eagles-swede-hanson/25505833/ "The legend of Swede Hanson, among the Shore's greatest"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 9, 2015. Accessed July 26, 2018. "It all started innocently enough in the late 1980s when they began brainstorming a Lions Hall of Fame for Middletown North High School, the former Leonardo High School.... Growing up in Navesink, the oldest Hanson brother, Joseph, played on the first official Leonardo football team in 1919. Swede, who had a twin brother, Henry, began playing high school sports in 1922, when he was just in seventh grade."</ref>
* [[Richard Scudder]] (1913-2012), newspaper pioneer and co-founder of the [[MediaNews Group]]<ref>Hevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/business/richard-b-scudder-co-founder-of-medianews-group-dies-at-99.html "Richard B. Scudder, Co-Founder of MediaNews Group, Dies at 99"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 15, 2012. Accessed August 12, 2012. "Richard B. Scudder, a founder and former chairman of MediaNews Group, one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, and an innovator in recycling newsprint, died on July 11 at his home in Navesink, N.J. He was 99."</ref>
* [[William Strickland (architect)|William Strickland]] (1788–1854), pioneering architect and civil engineer<ref>[https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25248 Strickland, William (1788 - 1854)], Philadelphia Architects and Buildings. Accessed July 26, 2018. "Born in Navesink, NJ, to John and Elizabeth Strickland, William Strickland had the advantage of a master carpenter father who moved the family to Philadelphia in c. 1790 and became a charter member of the Practical House Carpenters' Society in 1811."</ref>