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Murray Hill, New Jersey

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Murray Hill, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Bell Labs in Murray Hill
Murray Hill, New Jersey Location within Union County. Inset: Location of Union County within New Jersey Show map of Union County, New Jersey Murray Hill, New Jersey Murray Hill, New Jersey (New Jersey) Show map of New Jersey Murray Hill, New Jersey Murray Hill, New Jersey (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°41′43″N 74°24′04″W / 40.69528°N 74.40111°W / 40.69528; -74.40111
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Union
Borough	Berkeley Heights / New Providence
Elevation	253 ft (77 m)
ZIP Code	07974
GNIS feature ID	0878664^[1]

Murray Hill is an unincorporated community located within portions of both Berkeley Heights and New Providence, located in Union County in northern in the U.S. stateofNew Jersey.^[2]

It is the longtime central location of Bell Labs, having moved there in 1941 from New York City.^[3] The first working transistor was demonstrated in Bell Labs' Murray Hill facility in 1947.^[4]

The neighborhood shares its ZIP Code 07974^[5] with the neighboring borough of New Providence.^[6]

Murray Hill was named and founded by Carl H. Schultz, founder of a mineral water business once located at First Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets in the Murray Hill district of Manhattan.^[7] Schultz purchased a large tract of land there during the 1880s where he built a residence for his family and donated land to be used for a train station with the condition that the area be known as "Murray Hill".^[8]

Economy[edit]

Businesses and organizations based in Murray Hill include:

C. R. Bard, a manufacturer of surgical equipment.^[9]
Bell Labs, pioneering research center that's had nine Nobel Prizes awarded to its work.^[3]
The Linde Group's (formerly The BOC Group) United States headquarters, the world's largest industrial gases company.^[10]

Transportation[edit]

Mass transit to Murray Hill is available via the New Jersey Transit Gladstone Branch train line to the Murray HillorSummit stations. Passengers heading to Bell Labs can take the 986 bus route to shuttle between the facility and the train station.^[11]

References[edit]

^ "Murray Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 8, 2016.

^ ^a ^b Bell Labs Research in the United States Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Alcatel-Lucent. Accessed June 1, 2012. "Bell Labs has been in operation in the United States since 1925, originally as part of Western Electric, and later, AT&T. Today, Bell Labs is part of the innovation engine for Alcatel-Lucent. Headquarters was in New York until 1941, when the world headquarters for Bell Labs moved to Murray Hill, N.J., where it remains today."

^ Ganapati, Priya. "Dec. 23, 1947: Transistor Opens Door to Digital Future", Wired (magazine), December 23, 2009. Accessed December 22, 2019. "1947: John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, with support from colleague William Shockley, demonstrate the transistor at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey."

^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Murray Hill, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed June 1, 2012.

^ Look Up City by ZIP Code for 07974, United States Postal Service. Accessed June 1, 2012.

^ Staff. "CARL H. SCHULTZ DEAD; The Noted Manufacturer of Mineral Waters Expires at His Home After a Short Illness. PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS A COLD Career of the Poor German Boy Who by His Own Efforts Became One of the Leading Business Men of New York.", The New York Times, May 30, 1897. Accessed June 1, 2012. "Carl H. Schultz died yesterday morning in his home at Murray Hill, N.J., after a short illness."

^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/New Providence; A Commuter's Delight, With 2 Stations", The New York Times, July 17, 1994. Accessed June 1, 2012. "The first railroad station was built in New Providence in 1884 on land donated to the township by Carl Schultz, a businessman known as the Seltzer King of New York. 'Mr. Schultz, who built his country home in New Providence, made one stipulation when he donated the land,' Mrs. Chovan said. He wanted the section to be known as Murray Hill, after the Manhattan neighborhood where he had his regular home."

^ C. R. Bard, Inc. company profile, Hoover's. Accessed June 1, 2012.

^ US careers, The Linde Group. Accessed June 1, 2012. "Linde North America region is comprised of the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with an employee population of approximately 4,000 people. The North America Headquarters is located in Murray Hill, NJ."

^ Directions to Bell Labs, Murray Hill Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, Alcatel-Lucent. Accessed June 1, 2012.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Union County, New Jersey, United States
County seat: Elizabeth
Cities	Elizabeth Linden Plainfield Rahway Summit	Map of New Jersey highlighting Union County
Boroughs	Fanwood Garwood Kenilworth Mountainside New Providence Roselle Roselle Park
Town	Westfield
Townships	Berkeley Heights Clark Cranford Hillside Scotch Plains Springfield Union Winfield
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