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Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey
1940Sep, 12

An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.

Succasunna-Kenvil is a former census-designated place (CDP) located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the CDP's population was 12,569. For the 2010 Census, the area was split into two CDPs, Succasunna (with a 2010 census population of 9,152) and Kenvil (3,009 as of 2010).

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