West End is an unincorporated community located within Long Branch in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.[2] The township was the host of the Long Branch Horse Show at the Hollywood Park Racetrack in 1917.[3]
West End, New Jersey | |
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  West End Location of West End in Monmouth County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey  West End West End (New Jersey)  West End West End (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°17′10″N 73°59′54″W / 40.28611°N 73.99833°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| City | Long Branch |
| Elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 882594[1] |
Notable people
editPeople who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Long Branch include:
- Harry F. Guggenheim (1890–1971), businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman[4]
- Norman Tanzman (1918–2004), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1962 to 1968 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1968 to 1974.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "West End". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 9, 2015.
- ^ "The Saddle and Show Horse Chronicle". 1917. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Harry Guggenheim Dead; Newsday Founder Was 80", The New York Times, January 23, 1971. accessed December 29, 2024. "Harry Frank Guggenheim was born on Aug 23, 1890, at West End, N. J., the fashionable re sort where the family summered."
- ^ "Norman Tanzman, 85, once Middlesex state senator", Home News Tribune, June 7, 2004. Accessed March 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. Tanzman married Marion Schwartz of Rahway in 1941. After the war, the couple settled in Woodbridge, where they resided and raised their family for nearly 40 years, before moving to West End."
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