Double Trouble State Park is located in
Berkeley
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and
Lacey Townships in
Ocean County
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, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
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. The park was once the Double Trouble company's
company town
A company town is a place where all or most of the stores and housing in the town are owned by the same company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, houses of worship, schoo ...
. The park's wilderness is part of the
Pine Barrens
Pine barrens, pine plains, sand plains, or pineland areas occur throughout the U.S. from Florida to Maine (see Atlantic coastal pine barrens) as well as the Midwest, West, and Canada and parts of Eurasia. Perhaps the most well known pine-barre ...
ecosystem. The park is operated and maintained by the
New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.
Double Trouble Historic Village
The Double Trouble Historic Village was originally a
cranberry
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus ''Oxycoccus'' of the genus ''Vaccinium''. Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines up to long and in height; they have slender stems that are not th ...
farm and packing plant. The Double Trouble Company was formed by Edward Crabbe in 1909 to sell timber,
millwork
Millwork is historically any wood-mill produced decorative material used in building construction. Stock profiled and patterned millwork building components fabricated by milling at a planing mill can usually be installed with minimal alterat ...
products, and cranberries. Many sawmills have been in the town since the mid-18th century. The village consists of cranberry bogs and fourteen restored historic structures dating from the late 19th century through the early 20th century including a general store, a schoolhouse and houses. The sawmill was restored in 1995, and the cranberry sorting and packing house were completed in 1996.
The town was named for the fact that muskrats breached a local dam twice in one week.
Double Trouble Historic District
The Double Trouble Historic District was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on February 23, 1978 for its significance in agriculture and industry.
[ With ]
Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek's headwaters start from the
Greenwood Forest Management Area to its mouth at
Barnegat Bay
Barnegat Bay is a small Brackish water, brackish arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately long, along the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey, Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States. It is separated from the Atlantic by the long Island B ...
. Cedar Creek provides the water needed for cranberry culture and provides a source of water for wildlife.
Trail
The Double Trouble State Park Nature Trail is a loop trail. (This trail is not rated by the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staf ...
). The trail is part of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Route.
See also
*
List of New Jersey state parks
References
External links
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State parks of New Jersey
Parks in Ocean County, New Jersey
Protected areas of the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
Company towns in New Jersey
Ghost towns in New Jersey
Museums in Ocean County, New Jersey
Open-air museums in New Jersey
Berkeley Township, New Jersey
Lacey Township, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Ocean County, New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places