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Leonardo, New Jersey
Leonardo is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) within Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.〔(New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) ), United States Census Bureau, August 2012. Accessed December 16, 2012.〕〔(GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Monmouth County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 16, 2012.〕〔(Locality Search ), State of New Jersey. Accessed April 19, 2015.〕 As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 2,757.〔 The ZIP code for Leonardo is 07737.〔
==History==
Leonardo is named for Henry and James Leonard, the first ironmasters of New Jersey.〔Chang, Kathy; and Kesten, Karen L. ("Birth of a town" ), ''the hub'', January 7, 2010. Accessed August 7, 2012. "The Leonardo section of Middletown was a part of Atlantic Highlands and originally called Leonardville. It was named after Henry and James Leonard, the first ironmasters in the state. Croydon Hall was the home of John J. Leonard."〕
Leonardo is known as the site of the only casualties of the US Nike Missile program. On May 22, 1958, an Ajax missile exploded at the Nike missile base in Leonardo, killing six soldiers and four civilians.〔Spencer, Luke ("The Rusted, Rotting Remains of A New Jersey Missile Base" ), ''Atlas Obscura'', June 11, 2015. Accessed June 11, 2015. "No Nikes were ever launched in anger over US soil, but the program wasn’t without casualties. In Leonardo, New Jersey, an Ajax missile exploded on May 22nd, 1958, killing six soldiers and four civilians."〕〔Beitler, Stu ("Leonardo, NJ Nike Missile Explosion, May 1958" ), ''GenDisasters'', 2011. Accessed June 11, 2015. "The dead included six soldiers and four civilians."〕 Since the Project Nike shutdown in 1974, the Leonardo launch base, designated NY-53, has been redeveloped into single-family home sites.
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