Edison, New Jersey Township in Hunterdon County. In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in New Jersey on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called "Menlo Park", (currently located in Edison State Park). While there he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park." Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1,093 patents for creations including the phonograph, a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the incandescent light bulb, a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric
Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey Menlo Park Terrace is an unincorporated community located within Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located off U.S. Route 1 in between Menlo Park Mall and Woodbridge Center. It is a residential suburban neighborhood with an ethnically diverse population, a fire station, and Menlo Park Terrace School #19, which services grades K-5 under the direction of Principal Margret Truppa. Menlo Park Terrace is located off exit 130 off the Garden State Parkway, and can be seen along the parkway heading southbound. It houses one of the U.S. missile storages Residents