Teterboro in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Teterboro Airport
Established 1920
The home of Gates Flying Circus. Teterboro built Fokker tri-motors flown by Richard E. Byrd over the North Pole (1926); South Pole (1929); Atlantic (1927); and by Amelia Earhart over Atlantic (1928). Clarence Chamberlin, Ruth Nichols, Floyd Bennett, Charles A. Lindbergh, Bernt Balchen and Bill Odom flew here. First airmail route flown to Boston (1926). Teterboro is now (1972) a general aviation airport.
Erected 1972 by Bergen County Historical Society, sponsored by Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame. (Marker Number 57.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Communications. In addition, it is included in the New Jersey, Bergen County Historical Society, and the Postal Mail and Philately series lists.
Location. 40° 51.36′ N, 74° 3.863′ W. Marker is in Teterboro, New Jersey, in Bergen County. Marker is on Industrial Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Teterboro NJ 07608, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Roll of Honor (approx. 0.7 miles away); Polifly Road (approx. ¾ mile away); Honor Roll World War (approx. 1.1 miles away); Brinkerhoff House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Walk of Freedom (approx. 1.1 miles away); Wood-Ridge Veterans Monument (approx. 1.1 miles away); Gethsemane Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); John I. Hopper House (approx. 1.3 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. Teterboro Airport. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey website entry (Submitted on April 3, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
2. Bergen County Historical Society Historic Site Markers. Society website entry (Submitted on April 3, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
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