Chesilhurst, NJ
N 39° 44.508 W 074° 52.488
18S E 510727 N 4399107
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Chesilhurst as the worst town to live in in its 2008 rankings of "Best Places to Live" in New Jersey. It was incorporated in November of 1887 and has about 2000 people, a church or two and a gas station.
Waymark Code: WM6QNE
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2009
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"Chesilhurst, 36.7 m. (120 alt., 298 pop.), a few houses along the road, is the center of a truck-farming district. On Wild Cat Branch is a modern cranberry bog." --- New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past, 1939; page 599
The cranberry bog is gone and there is not too much industry to speak of in this small town. From experience, I would wager their tax base is based on speeding tickets and other traffic violations. This town has the reputation of giving tickets if you sneeze in the wrong direction. I have waymarked and geocached around this area and have never been made to feel welcome either by local residents or by the police. The posted coordinates are for the northern most boundary line.